Wind and brown coal dominate a sunless night as net imports of 4.6 GW cover remaining demand at high prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 31%
Wind offshore 11%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 24%
53%
Renewable share
21.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
50.0 GW
Total generation
-4.6 GW
Net import
114.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.5°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
333
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 15.7 GW spans the right third of the canvas as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with lattice towers receding across dark rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 5.7 GW appears as a distant line of turbines on a black North Sea horizon at far right. Brown coal 11.8 GW dominates the left third as a massive lignite power station complex with four towering hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange floodlights. Natural gas 6.5 GW occupies the centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with twin exhaust stacks venting shimmering heat haze under industrial lighting. Hard coal 5.0 GW sits adjacent as a dark coal-fired station with a single large smokestack and conveyor belts visible under spotlights. Biomass 4.2 GW appears as a modest wood-chip plant with a green-lit silo and low steam, centre-right. Hydro 1.1 GW is a small dam structure in the middle distance with faint spillway lights. The sky is entirely black and starless under 100% cloud cover — no moon, no twilight, no sky glow — a deep oppressive blanket suggesting the high electricity price. The season is early spring: bare deciduous trees with the faintest green buds, patches of brown grass, temperature around 7.5°C suggested by mist clinging to the ground. Light wind barely stirs the mist. All illumination comes from sodium streetlights casting amber pools, floodlit industrial yards, and glowing control-room windows. A high-voltage transmission line crosses the scene, its pylons silhouetted against the faintly steam-lit clouds. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich chiaroscuro, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower contour, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.