Nighttime import dependency: moderate wind and heavy coal/gas dispatch drive prices above 124 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 32%
Wind offshore 4%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 22%
53%
Renewable share
12.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
33.5 GW
Total generation
-12.0 GW
Net import
124.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.6°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
328
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 7.3 GW dominates the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps; hard coal 3.5 GW sits just right of centre as a smaller coal plant with a single large smokestack and conveyor belt; natural gas 4.8 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with slender exhaust stacks venting thin grey plumes; wind onshore 10.7 GW spans the entire right third and background as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their aviation warning lights blinking red against the black sky, blades turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 1.3 GW is suggested by a distant cluster of smaller turbines on the far-right horizon above a dark plain; biomass 4.4 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a woodchip storage dome and a single modest stack glowing warmly, positioned between the coal and gas plants; hydro 1.5 GW is represented by a small dam structure with illuminated spillway in the lower-right foreground. The sky is completely dark—deep navy-black, 100% cloud cover blocking all stars and moon, no twilight glow whatsoever. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price. The only illumination comes from sodium streetlights casting amber pools, industrial facility lighting, glowing windows of control rooms, and the red aviation beacons on turbine nacelles. Spring vegetation—fresh green grass and leafy trees—is barely visible in the foreground, caught in the amber industrial glow, suggesting a mild 15.6°C May night. The air is still with only faint blade rotation. Transmission lines with high-voltage pylons stretch across the scene toward the horizon, symbolizing import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—rich, moody colour palette of deep blacks, warm ambers, and cold steel blues, visible expressive brushwork, atmospheric depth with haze around the cooling towers, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and smokestack. No text, no labels.