Wind leads at 20.3 GW but coal and gas fill the nighttime gap, with 3.5 GW net imports needed at 100 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 38%
Wind offshore 10%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 16%
62%
Renewable share
20.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
41.8 GW
Total generation
-3.5 GW
Net import
100.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
4.3°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
264
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 6.8 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the black sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps illuminating the lignite plant's conveyor belts and boiler houses. Natural gas 5.8 GW occupies the left-centre as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour, their steel structures gleaming under floodlights. Hard coal 3.5 GW appears just right of centre as a smaller coal-fired station with a single rectangular chimney and coal stockpiles visible under arc lights. Biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a wood-chip-fed CHP facility with a modest stack and a warm amber glow from its processing hall, positioned centre-right. Wind onshore 16.0 GW spans the entire right third and background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the darkness, rotors turning slowly in light breeze. Wind offshore 4.3 GW appears as a distant line of larger turbines on the far-right horizon, their lights reflected faintly. Hydro 1.3 GW is suggested by a small dam structure with water spillway in the foreground right, lit by a single floodlight. The sky is completely black with a deep navy tone, totally clear with bright stars and the Milky Way faintly visible—no moon, no twilight, no sky glow. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, with a subtle haze around the thermal plants suggesting the high electricity price. The ground shows early spring grass still pale and dormant, patches of frost on exposed soil, bare-branched trees just beginning to bud. A river in the foreground reflects the industrial lights and the red blinks of wind turbines stretching to the horizon. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting—rich, dark palette of Prussian blue, lamp black, and warm amber, with visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth receding into darkness, and meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and exhaust stack detail. No text, no labels.