Brown coal, gas, and wind dominate a tight nighttime grid requiring 12.5 GW of net imports at elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 26%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 22%
50%
Renewable share
9.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
31.4 GW
Total generation
-12.5 GW
Net import
136.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.9°C / 1 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
74% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
348
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 6.9 GW dominates the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers billowing thick white steam into the black night sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 5.6 GW occupies the left-centre as two compact CCGT units with tall slender exhaust stacks emitting thin plumes, illuminated by harsh industrial floodlights; hard coal 3.3 GW appears centre-left as a dark brick power station with a single large stack and visible coal conveyors under yellow lighting; biomass 4.4 GW fills the centre as a cluster of medium-sized biomass CHP plants with woodchip silos and modest stacks, warmly lit; wind onshore 8.0 GW spans the right third as numerous three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers spread across rolling dark hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 1.7 GW appears in the far right background as a small group of turbines on the horizon line above a dark sea; hydro 1.4 GW is visible as a small dam structure with spillway in the right foreground, lit by a single floodlight. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black with 74% cloud cover obscuring most stars, no twilight glow whatsoever, only the artificial illumination of the industrial facilities casting orange and white pools of light. The landscape is a gently undulating north German plain with fresh spring grass and budding trees barely visible in the darkness. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the 136 EUR/MWh price — low haze clings to the ground around the thermal plants. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the black sky and the glowing industrial facilities, atmospheric depth achieved through layered smoke and haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.