Brown coal and wind lead overnight generation, but 14.4 GW of net imports are needed to meet demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 28%
Wind offshore 6%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 27%
52%
Renewable share
10.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.3 GW
Total generation
-14.4 GW
Net import
117.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.0°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
72.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
340
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 8.2 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps; wind onshore 8.6 GW spans the centre-right as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular steel towers stretched across rolling farmland, their aviation warning lights blinking red against the black sky; wind offshore 1.7 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon, tiny red lights marking them over an implied dark sea; natural gas 4.5 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with single tall exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by industrial floodlights; biomass 3.8 GW is represented centre-foreground as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip conveyor and a single squat smokestack with a modest plume; hard coal 1.8 GW appears as a smaller conventional power station to the far left with a single cooling tower and coal bunker silhouette; hydro 1.7 GW shows as a concrete dam structure in the right-middle distance with spillway lights reflected in dark water. The sky is completely dark, deep navy to black, no twilight, no sky glow, heavy 72% cloud cover obscuring most stars, only a few faint breaks. The atmosphere is oppressive and heavy, reflecting the high 117.3 EUR/MWh price — low haze drifting across the scene, humid air at 11°C with lush early-summer vegetation barely visible in the darkness, green deciduous trees and tall grass along a foreground path. Sodium streetlights cast amber pools along an access road. The entire scene is rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark colour palette of deep blues, blacks, warm ambers, and ochres, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.