Wind leads at 21.8 GW but brown coal and gas provide 13.7 GW of thermal baseload on a cold, overcast night.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 43%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 22%
61%
Renewable share
21.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
44.1 GW
Total generation
-1.3 GW
Net import
87.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
0.4°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
284
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 9.5 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the black sky, lit from below by amber sodium lights at the power station; natural gas 4.2 GW appears left-of-centre as a pair of compact CCGT units with slender exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer, illuminated by industrial floodlights; hard coal 3.5 GW sits just right of centre as a blocky power station with a tall chimney stack and conveyor belt structures, glowing with harsh white security lighting; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a medium-sized industrial facility with a domed combustion hall and short stacks emitting pale vapour, warmly lit; hydro 1.0 GW is glimpsed as a modest concrete dam and penstock in the middle distance reflecting facility lights; wind onshore 18.9 GW spans the entire right half and recedes deep into the background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking in rhythmic patterns across the darkness, blades visibly rotating in moderate wind; wind offshore 2.9 GW appears on the far right horizon as a faint line of red-blinking nacelle lights above a dark sea. The sky is completely black with 100% cloud cover—no stars, no moon, no twilight glow—a heavy, oppressive overcast ceiling pressing down, conveying the high electricity price. The landscape is flat northern German terrain, bare late-winter fields with frost on stubble, temperature near freezing with a thin ground mist. All illumination comes from artificial sources: sodium-orange and white industrial lights, red turbine beacons, and faint amber window glow from a distant village. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—rich, dark colour palette of deep navy, charcoal, amber, and warm orange; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, gas stack, and coal conveyor—a masterwork nocturne of the industrial landscape. No text, no labels.