Wind and brown coal lead overnight generation while 7.4 GW net imports cover a supply gap at high prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 29%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 21%
53%
Renewable share
11.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
32.5 GW
Total generation
-7.4 GW
Net import
127.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.3°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
323
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 black sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 5.3 GW occupies the left-centre as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour, illuminated by harsh industrial floodlights; hard coal 3.1 GW appears centre-left as a smaller coal-fired station with a rectangular chimney and conveyor belt, glowing amber under security lighting; wind onshore 9.4 GW fills the right half of the composition as a long row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across a dark rolling plain, red aviation warning lights blinking on each nacelle; wind offshore 2.5 GW is visible in the far right background as a faint line of turbines on a black sea horizon, their lights reflected on calm water; biomass 4.1 GW sits centre-right as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and a single smokestack, warmly lit; hydro 1.3 GW appears in the far centre background as a concrete dam structure with small spillway lights. The sky is completely black — no moon, no twilight, no sky glow — a deep-navy-to-black firmament with scattered stars visible through gaps in the rising steam. The ground is spring-green but barely visible, lit only by pools of artificial light from each facility. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, hinting at the high electricity price: a faint industrial haze drifts across the scene. Temperature is cool — light frost glistens on metal surfaces of turbine towers. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts, atmospheric perspective with receding industrial silhouettes — but with meticulous engineering accuracy: correct nacelle shapes, three-blade rotors, aluminium-framed structures, hyperbolic concrete cooling tower geometry. No text, no labels.