Brown coal and wind lead generation while 13.6 GW of net imports fill the evening supply gap at high prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 24%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 0%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 26%
48%
Renewable share
9.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
32.4 GW
Total generation
-13.6 GW
Net import
146.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
25.0°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
40.0% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
364
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 8.6 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick luminous steam plumes rising into the dark sky, their concrete surfaces lit by orange sodium lamps at their bases; wind onshore 7.7 GW spans the right third as a long row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers set on rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky, blades turning slowly in light wind; natural gas 5.4 GW occupies the center-right as two compact CCGT power stations with slender exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by harsh white industrial floodlights; hard coal 2.8 GW appears center-left as a smaller coal plant with a single squat stack and conveyor belts visible under arc lights; biomass 4.0 GW sits in the mid-ground as a modest facility with wood-chip storage domes and a gently steaming vent stack; wind offshore 2.2 GW is suggested far in the background as tiny red lights on the horizon line; hydro 1.7 GW appears as a small concrete dam structure with illuminated spillway at the far right edge. The sky is completely dark—a deep black-navy summer night with no twilight glow whatsoever, no sunset remnants, scattered stars faintly visible where gaps in 40 percent cloud cover allow. The air feels warm and heavy, oppressive—a subtle haze hangs over the industrial landscape conveying high electricity prices and strain. Lush green summer vegetation—deciduous trees in full leaf, tall grass—is barely visible in the peripheral glow of facility lights. The overall atmosphere is brooding and tense. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between artificial light pools and surrounding darkness, atmospheric depth with industrial haze, meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.