Wind and brown coal lead domestic generation as Germany imports 24.5 GW to meet evening peak demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 29%
Wind offshore 10%
Solar 1%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 22%
59%
Renewable share
12.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.2 GW
Solar
31.0 GW
Total generation
-24.5 GW
Net import
156.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.6°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
48.0% / 22.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
294
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 6.9 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights. Wind onshore 8.9 GW spans the center-right as dozens of three-blade turbines on tall lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling green hills, their rotors turning very slowly in light wind. Biomass 4.2 GW appears as a mid-ground industrial facility with rectangular boiler buildings and a short exhaust stack releasing pale smoke, warmly lit from within. Natural gas 3.8 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT power station with a single tall exhaust stack and visible heat-recovery units, positioned center-left with a faint blue exhaust flame visible. Wind offshore 3.1 GW is suggested in the far background as a row of turbines standing in a dark sea along the horizon. Hard coal 2.1 GW appears as a smaller conventional power station with conveyor belts and a pair of square cooling towers in the mid-left. Hydro 1.8 GW is shown as a concrete dam structure in the far right background with water cascading under floodlights. Solar 0.2 GW is negligible and absent from the scene. The sky is fully dark — a deep navy-to-black summer night sky at 21:00 in June in Germany, the last trace of civil twilight completely gone, with a few stars emerging through 48% broken cloud cover rendered as dark grey masses. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the 156.3 EUR/MWh price — a humid, dense, slightly hazy night with an almost sulfurous amber glow from the industrial lighting reflecting off low clouds. The foreground shows a lush green meadow with early-summer wildflowers, temperature around 16°C suggesting mild conditions. Overhead high-voltage transmission lines cross the entire scene, their cables sagging with implied heavy current flow representing massive imports. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the dark sky and the warm industrial glow, atmospheric depth with layered mist between the power stations, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack, evoking Caspar David Friedrich's sublime landscapes merged with industrial realism. No text, no labels.