Brown coal, onshore wind, gas, and hard coal anchor a tight 3 AM grid requiring 4.7 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 31%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 26%
47%
Renewable share
13.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.5 GW
Total generation
-4.7 GW
Net import
101.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
4.4°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
379
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 10.1 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick white steam plumes into the black sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; wind onshore 11.8 GW spans the right third as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across dark rolling farmland, their red aviation warning lights blinking in unison; natural gas 5.2 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin hot plumes, illuminated by bright industrial floodlights; hard coal 5.1 GW sits centre-right as a traditional coal plant with a single large smokestack and conveyor belt structures, glowing under harsh white security lighting; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a modest wood-chip-fed CHP plant with a short stack and warm amber-lit facility near the centre; hydro 1.3 GW is suggested by a small dam spillway in the far background with a faint white cascade visible under floodlight; wind offshore 1.2 GW is hinted at by distant turbine silhouettes on the far horizon. The sky is completely black with heavy 100% overcast — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow whatsoever — a deep oppressive ceiling of cloud pressing down, conveying the high electricity price. The air temperature is near freezing; bare early-March trees with no leaves stand as dark silhouettes; patches of frost glisten on dormant brown grass in the foreground. Faint mist clings to the ground between the power plants. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters like Caspar David Friedrich — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts, dramatic atmospheric depth, warm industrial oranges against cold deep-navy and charcoal tones — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and exhaust stack detail. No text, no labels.