Brown coal, gas, and wind lead domestic generation as Germany imports ~27 GW under calm, overcast nighttime conditions.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 20%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 1%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 7%
Natural gas 22%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 23%
47%
Renewable share
7.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.1 GW
Solar
28.3 GW
Total generation
-27.3 GW
Net import
164.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.7°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
97.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
353
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 6.4 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 6.2 GW fills the centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin white plumes, facades illuminated by harsh floodlights; wind onshore 5.6 GW spans the centre as a row of modern three-blade turbines on lattice-free tubular towers, their rotors barely turning in the still air, red aviation warning lights blinking at nacelle height; biomass 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a mid-sized industrial facility with a domed wood-chip storage hall and a single smokestack trailing faint grey exhaust; hard coal 2.3 GW sits right of centre as a coal-fired station with conveyor belts and a single large stack; wind offshore 1.6 GW is suggested at the far right horizon as tiny blinking red lights on distant sea turbines; hydro 2.0 GW appears as a concrete dam structure nestled into a dark hillside in the far right middle ground. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black with no twilight glow—it is 21:00 in June, well past sunset under 97% cloud cover so no stars are visible, only a featureless black overcast pressing down oppressively. The atmosphere is heavy and humid at 14.7°C, with a faint mist softening distant lights. Summer vegetation—deciduous trees in full green leaf, tall grass—is visible only where caught by artificial light, otherwise silhouetted black. High-voltage transmission lines with steel lattice pylons recede into the darkness toward the borders, symbolizing the massive import flows. The mood is tense and industrial: warm sodium and mercury-vapor lights cast orange and blue-white pools across wet asphalt and concrete. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting—rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth—but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every cooling tower, turbine nacelle, exhaust stack, and pylon insulator. No text, no labels.