Wind and brown coal anchor overnight generation, but 13 GW net imports are needed to meet 50.3 GW demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 36%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 20%
56%
Renewable share
15.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.3 GW
Total generation
-13.0 GW
Net import
128.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.8°C / 15 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
299
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 13.3 GW dominates the right half of the canvas as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling hills, rotors visibly turning in moderate wind; wind offshore 1.8 GW appears as a small cluster of larger turbines on the far-right horizon above a dark sea glimpse. Brown coal 7.4 GW occupies the left quarter as massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights, alongside open-pit mine silhouettes. Natural gas 6.7 GW fills the centre-left as compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin white plumes, illuminated by facility floodlights. Hard coal 2.4 GW appears as a smaller conventional power station with a single rectangular stack behind the gas plant. Biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a cluster of mid-sized industrial buildings with wood-chip conveyors and modest chimneys, warmly lit. Hydro 1.7 GW is a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley in the mid-ground. Time is 23:00 in June: the sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, only artificial light sources — sodium streetlamps cast orange pools along roads, facility windows glow, cooling tower steam catches industrial light from below. Overcast at 100 percent: no stars, no moon, a heavy low ceiling of invisible cloud pressing down. Temperature 16.8°C: lush green summer vegetation faintly visible in lamplight, trees in full leaf. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — a brooding, expensive night. Transmission lines recede into darkness toward the borders, hinting at large power flows inward. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich dark palette of deep blues, warm ambers, and cool greys, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. The scene conveys industrial sublime — the grandeur and unease of a modern energy landscape working through the night. No text, no labels.