Wind and brown coal anchor a tight overnight grid with 6.1 GW net imports under full cloud cover.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 26%
Wind offshore 13%
Solar 0%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 22%
53%
Renewable share
14.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.1 GW
Total generation
-6.1 GW
Net import
110.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.2°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
329
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 8.4 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes, lit from below by orange sodium lights; natural gas 5.4 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks venting shimmering heat haze; hard coal 4.0 GW stands just right of centre as a pair of large industrial boiler houses with chimneys and conveyor gantries; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a wood-chip-fed power station with a domed storage silo and a modest stack, glowing warmly beside the coal plants; wind onshore 10.0 GW fills the right third of the scene as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling hills, their red aviation lights blinking; wind offshore 4.9 GW appears on the far-right horizon as a line of taller turbines standing in a dark sea, each nacelle marked with a tiny red beacon; hydro 1.3 GW is suggested by a small dam spillway in the mid-ground, floodlit. The sky is completely black to deep navy, 100% cloud cover erasing all stars, no twilight, no sky glow — pure 4 AM darkness. The only illumination comes from sodium-orange and blue-white industrial lighting at the power stations, casting long reflections on wet surfaces. The air feels heavy, oppressive, befitting 110 EUR/MWh prices — low mist clings to the ground between the turbines. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and leafy trees — is barely visible in the industrial light, consistent with 12°C May conditions. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth reminiscent of Caspar David Friedrich's nocturnes but focused on industrial infrastructure with meticulous engineering accuracy: correct turbine nacelle shapes, three-blade rotors, aluminium-framed details, hyperbolic concrete cooling tower geometry. No text, no labels.