Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate evening generation as low wind and no solar drive high prices and heavy imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 13%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 0%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 27%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 29%
32%
Renewable share
7.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
42.1 GW
Total generation
-19.5 GW
Net import
214.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.4°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 1.8 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
460
gCO₂/kWh
Records
#3
The Spike
#1
Wild Ride
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Brown coal 12.3 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a vast complex of hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into an overcast sky, rendered with precise engineering detail — concrete shell structures, condensation drifting heavily. Natural gas 11.5 GW occupies the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer. Hard coal 4.8 GW appears centre-right as a cluster of smaller conventional power station buildings with square chimneys and coal conveyors. Wind onshore 5.7 GW is shown as a modest group of three-blade turbines with lattice towers on rolling hills in the right portion, their blades barely turning in the still air. Wind offshore 1.9 GW appears as a few distant turbines on the far-right horizon. Biomass 4.4 GW is rendered as medium-scale industrial facilities with wood-chip storage domes and modest stacks near the centre. Hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small dam structure with spillway in the far background. Time of day is 19:00 in mid-March — late dusk with only a faint residual orange-red glow along the very lowest horizon line, the sky above rapidly darkening to deep slate-blue and charcoal grey, full 100% cloud cover creating a heavy oppressive blanket overhead. No direct sunlight, no solar panels anywhere. Temperature is mild at 10°C; early spring vegetation is emerging — bare trees with just the first green buds, damp brown-green grass. The atmosphere is heavy and brooding to reflect the extreme 214 EUR/MWh price — thick humid air, low visibility, industrial haze blending with cloud. Sodium-orange streetlights and industrial floodlights illuminate the facilities from below, casting warm pools of artificial light. Transmission line towers with high-voltage cables cross the scene, symbolizing the massive import flows. Painted as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of umber, ochre, slate grey, and deep Prussian blue, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro lighting, meticulous technical accuracy on all industrial structures, the grandeur of Caspar David Friedrich meeting the industrial sublime. No text, no labels.