Brown coal and wind lead a 29.1 GW domestic mix, with 15.0 GW net imports needed to meet overnight demand at 111 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 25%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 28%
49%
Renewable share
8.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
29.1 GW
Total generation
-15.0 GW
Net import
111.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.9°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
97.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
360
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 8.2 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes into a black, overcast night sky; wind onshore 7.3 GW and wind offshore 1.5 GW together span the centre-right as a deep field of three-blade turbines on lattice towers receding into darkness, their rotors turning slowly in light wind, red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles; natural gas 4.7 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks and a faint heat shimmer; hard coal 1.9 GW sits as a smaller coal plant with a single squat cooling tower beside the lignite complex; biomass 3.7 GW is rendered as a cluster of industrial biogas facilities with cylindrical digesters and small chimneys emitting thin vapour, positioned right of centre; hydro 1.7 GW appears as a concrete dam structure with illuminated spillway in the far right background. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no stars visible through 97% cloud cover, creating a heavy oppressive atmosphere reflecting the high 111 EUR/MWh price. All structures are lit by sodium-orange industrial floodlights and security lighting casting warm pools on wet tarmac and concrete. Early summer vegetation — lush green grass and deciduous trees in full leaf — is barely visible in the artificial light, damp with night moisture at 7.9°C. Mist clings low to the ground between the turbine bases. The painting is rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich's brooding atmosphere meets industrial realism — with rich dark tones, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro from artificial lighting against absolute darkness, and meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.