Brown coal, onshore wind, and gas dominate overnight generation as tight supply necessitates 4 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 33%
Wind offshore 4%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 25%
53%
Renewable share
14.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.3 GW
Total generation
-4.0 GW
Net import
118.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
23.3°C / 0 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
335
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 9.2 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes into the black sky, their concrete shells faintly lit by orange sodium lamps at their bases; onshore wind 12.4 GW spans the right half as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching into the darkness, their red aviation warning lights blinking in staggered rhythm across rolling hills; natural gas 5.0 GW appears centre-right as a compact CCGT power plant with twin exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer, illuminated by bright industrial floodlights; biomass 3.8 GW is rendered centre-left as a medium-sized plant with a rectangular stack and woodchip storage shed under warm yellowish lighting; hard coal 3.3 GW sits adjacent to the lignite complex as a smaller conventional boiler house with a single tall chimney trailing dark smoke; hydro 2.0 GW appears in the far background as a concrete dam with spillway faintly visible, lit by a few white security lights; offshore wind 1.5 GW is suggested by distant turbine silhouettes on a dark horizon line. The sky is completely black with total 100% cloud cover — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow — a heavy oppressive overcast ceiling pressing down on the industrial landscape, reflecting the high 118 EUR/MWh price. The air feels warm and humid at 23°C; summer vegetation — lush dark green deciduous trees and tall grass — is barely visible in the sodium-orange spill light. Ground-level calm: no leaf movement, no wind streaks, still puddles reflecting orange lights. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts between the black sky and the warm industrial glow, atmospheric haze around the cooling tower plumes, meticulous engineering detail on turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, cooling tower reinforcement ribs, CCGT exhaust cowlings. The mood is sombre, industrial sublime — a vast nocturnal energy landscape rendered as a masterwork painting. No text, no labels.