Brown coal and gas each supply 9.7 GW as calm, cloudy night conditions force 20 GW of net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 12%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 27%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 27%
36%
Renewable share
6.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
35.9 GW
Total generation
-20.0 GW
Net import
148.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.3°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
95% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
430
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 9.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 9.7 GW fills the centre-left as a sprawling CCGT complex with tall slender exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by harsh floodlights; hard coal 3.7 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal-fired plant with a single large smokestack and conveyor infrastructure glowing under security lighting; biomass 4.5 GW is rendered as a cluster of medium-sized biomass CHP facilities with cylindrical storage silos and modest chimneys trailing pale smoke, positioned right of centre; wind onshore 4.4 GW occupies the right portion as a scattered line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors barely turning in the still air, marked by blinking red aviation lights; wind offshore 2.5 GW is suggested in the far right distance as faint red dots in a row above a dark horizon indicating a North Sea wind farm; hydro 1.5 GW appears as a small illuminated dam structure nestled at the far right edge near a river. The sky is completely dark — a deep navy-black with heavy 95% overcast, no stars visible, no twilight glow, no moon. The atmosphere feels dense, oppressive, and heavy, reflecting the 148 EUR/MWh price. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees — is barely visible in pools of artificial light at ground level. A mild 14°C April night with no wind: smoke and steam rise vertically. The landscape is a flat German lowland stretching into blackness. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial facilities and the engulfing darkness — rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy for each technology. No text, no labels.