Brown coal, gas, hard coal, and moderate wind sustain Germany's cold pre-dawn grid amid 8.2 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 18%
Wind offshore 10%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 29%
42%
Renewable share
10.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
36.9 GW
Total generation
-8.2 GW
Net import
110.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
0.6°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
91% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
412
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 10.6 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with five hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the black sky; natural gas 6.1 GW occupies the centre-left as three compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks and orange-lit gas flares; hard coal 4.7 GW appears centre-right as a bulky coal-fired plant with rectangular boiler houses, conveyor belts, and a pair of tall chimneys with blinking aviation warning lights; wind onshore 6.7 GW spans the right quarter as a row of large three-blade turbines on lattice towers, rotors barely turning in the still air; wind offshore 3.7 GW is suggested in the far-right distance as faint red aviation lights in a line above a dark horizon suggesting the North Sea; biomass 3.9 GW appears as a modest industrial facility with a single smokestack and wood-chip storage dome glowing under sodium lights, placed between the coal and wind installations; hydro 1.2 GW is a small concrete dam structure with illuminated spillway at the far right edge. TIME: 04:00 deep night, completely black sky with no twilight, no stars visible due to 91% cloud cover forming an oppressive low overcast ceiling faintly lit from below by industrial sodium-orange and mercury-white lights. Temperature near freezing: patches of frost on bare brown winter ground, leafless trees with icy branches, thin mist clinging to the land. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive reflecting the 110 EUR/MWh price—dense, brooding clouds pressing down on the industrial landscape. No solar panels anywhere, no sunshine. Electrical transmission towers with high-voltage lines recede into the murky distance, symbolizing interconnector imports. 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 deep colour, visible expressive brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack—a monumental nocturnal industrial landscape rendered as a masterwork painting. No text, no labels.