Brown coal and onshore wind dominate late-night generation as 5.3 GW of net imports cover residual demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 33%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 0%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 27%
47%
Renewable share
15.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
44.6 GW
Total generation
-5.2 GW
Net import
113.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
5.7°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
2% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
374
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 12.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps; onshore wind 14.7 GW spans the entire right half as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers arrayed across rolling low hills, rotors turning slowly in light breeze; natural gas 7.1 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks releasing thin heated vapour, illuminated by industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.5 GW sits just left of centre as a coal-fired station with a single large smokestack and conveyor infrastructure, gritty and angular; biomass 4.0 GW is a smaller facility with a wood-chip storage dome and modest chimney in the centre-right middle ground; offshore wind 1.2 GW is suggested by distant tiny turbines on the far-right horizon; hydro 1.1 GW appears as a small dam structure with spillway in the right foreground valley. The sky is completely black — it is 23:00 in March, deep night with only 2% cloud cover, so a few faint stars are visible but no moon glow; the landscape is dark except for abundant sodium-orange and white industrial lighting illuminating the plants. Early spring vegetation: bare deciduous trees, patches of brown grass turning faintly green, cool 5.7 °C atmosphere with visible condensation halos around lights. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive reflecting the high 113.4 EUR/MWh price — a dense, humid-looking quality to the air around the thermal plants. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial facilities and the surrounding darkness, atmospheric depth receding into a black horizon, meticulous engineering detail on turbine nacelles, cooling tower parabolic curves, CCGT exhaust geometry, and coal conveyor structures. No text, no labels.