Wind and coal anchor a 37.6 GW domestic supply as 11.8 GW net imports fill Germany's evening demand peak.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 20%
Wind offshore 14%
Solar 3%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 20%
52%
Renewable share
12.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
1.0 GW
Solar
37.6 GW
Total generation
-11.8 GW
Net import
153.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.2°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 22.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
331
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 7.4 GW dominates the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; wind onshore 7.4 GW spans the centre-left as a long ridge of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, blades turning slowly in moderate wind, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky; natural gas 6.3 GW appears centre-right as two compact CCGT blocks with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, lit by bright white floodlights; wind offshore 5.3 GW is suggested in the far right distance as a cluster of turbines standing on dark water, nacelle lights glimmering on the horizon; biomass 4.5 GW sits as a mid-sized industrial facility with a domed digester and short stack emitting faint vapor, warm amber lights glowing from within, placed between the gas plant and the coal station; hard coal 4.3 GW appears as a traditional coal plant with a single tall chimney and rectangular boiler house, conveyor belts visible, positioned behind the brown coal station on the left; hydro 1.4 GW is a small dam structure with illuminated spillway in the lower right foreground, white water catching floodlight; solar 1.0 GW is barely present — a few darkened aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels on a rooftop in the middle ground, completely unlit, no sunshine whatsoever. The sky is entirely black at 20:00 in May, deep navy to pure black, 100% cloud cover meaning no stars and no moon are visible, a heavy oppressive overcast ceiling pressing down, faintly reflecting the orange-amber industrial glow from below. The landscape is spring — fresh green grass and leafed-out deciduous trees visible in pools of artificial light, temperature around 12°C suggesting light mist near the ground. The overall atmosphere is heavy and tense, matching the 153.5 EUR/MWh price — an industrial landscape under pressure. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, but depicting an industrial nocturne — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts between sodium-lit infrastructure and the oppressive dark sky, atmospheric depth with haze and steam, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.