Brown coal, gas, and onshore wind lead domestic generation while 17.1 GW of net imports fill the nighttime gap.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 17%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 22%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 30%
36%
Renewable share
6.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
33.7 GW
Total generation
17.1 GW
Net import
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Day-ahead price
19.8°C / 15 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
444
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick white steam plumes into the black night sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 7.5 GW occupies the center-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, their metallic facades gleaming under harsh white security lighting; onshore wind 5.8 GW spans the center-right as a row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the pitch-dark sky, blades visibly turning in moderate wind; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and a single smokestack with a faint warm glow, positioned right of center; hard coal 4.1 GW sits beside the brown coal complex as a smaller station with a single rectangular cooling tower and conveyor belts, lit by amber floodlights; hydro 1.8 GW is rendered as a concrete dam structure in the far right background with water spilling over a weir, illuminated by subtle greenish floodlights; wind offshore 0.4 GW is barely visible as a tiny cluster of turbine lights on the distant horizon. The sky is completely black with no twilight, no stars visible through 100% cloud cover—a deep oppressive overcast ceiling reflecting faint orange industrial glow. The landscape is flat central German terrain with lush summer vegetation—tall grasses and leafy deciduous trees in full dark-green foliage suggesting 19.8°C warmth, barely visible in the peripheral light. The overall mood is calm despite the industrial intensity, reflecting a 0.0 EUR/MWh price with open atmospheric space around the facilities. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art—rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the deep night and glowing industrial complexes, atmospheric depth with haze around the cooling tower plumes, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.