Wind and brown coal dominate a tight overnight grid, with elevated prices reflecting slim generation margins.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 26%
Wind offshore 15%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 20%
54%
Renewable share
15.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.2 GW
Total generation
-0.7 GW
Net import
121.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.9°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
89% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
315
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 9.8 GW occupies the right third of the scene as a long ridge of tall three-blade turbines with white lattice towers, rotors turning slowly in light breeze; wind offshore 5.7 GW appears on the far-right horizon as distant turbine silhouettes standing in a dark sea; brown coal 7.5 GW dominates the left quarter as massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by amber industrial lamps; natural gas 5.9 GW fills the centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with twin polished exhaust stacks venting thin heat haze, surrounded by pipe racks and lit windows; hard coal 4.0 GW sits adjacent as a blocky power station with a single large chimney trailing faint smoke; biomass 4.0 GW appears centre-right as a smaller wood-clad industrial facility with a gently steaming vent and timber storage yard; hydro 1.3 GW is suggested by a small illuminated dam and spillway in the mid-ground valley. Time is 1:00 AM: the sky is completely dark, deep black-navy, no twilight, no moon visible, heavy 89% cloud cover obscuring all stars, creating an oppressive low ceiling reflecting the amber and sodium glow of the industrial facilities below. Temperature 6.9°C in May: fresh spring vegetation—new leaves on birch and beech trees—but rendered dark, barely visible, damp with dew. Light wind at 2.9 km/h means turbine blades rotate gently. The elevated electricity price is evoked by a heavy, brooding atmosphere—thick air, low clouds pressing down, an uneasy warmth from the furnaces. Sodium streetlights along an access road cast orange pools. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich crossed with industrial realism—rich, dark colour palette of deep navy, charcoal, amber, and warm ochre; visible confident brushwork; strong atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro; meticulous engineering detail on turbine nacelles, cooling tower geometry, CCGT stack construction, and power-line pylons receding into darkness. No text, no labels.