Brown coal, gas, and wind lead a 32.7 GW domestic supply against 59.3 GW demand, requiring ~26.6 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 18%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 1%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 24%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 25%
40%
Renewable share
6.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.3 GW
Solar
32.7 GW
Total generation
-26.7 GW
Net import
188.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.0°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
96.0% / 27.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
407
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 8.1 GW dominates the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers belching thick white steam plumes into the night sky; natural gas 7.8 GW occupies the centre-left as a cluster of modern CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, their sodium-lit facades glowing amber; onshore wind 6.0 GW spans the centre-right as a line of tall three-blade turbines on rolling hills, red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles, blades turning at moderate speed in 12.5 km/h wind; biomass 4.7 GW appears centre as a wood-chip-fed industrial plant with a single wide smokestack and conveyor belt, lit by harsh white floodlights; hard coal 3.8 GW sits to the far left as a traditional coal-fired station with a single large stack and coal bunkers; hydro 1.4 GW is a small concrete dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley at the right edge, with illuminated spillway; offshore wind 0.6 GW appears as faint distant turbines barely visible on the dark horizon line. The sky is completely black to deep navy — it is 20:00 in late April, full night, no twilight, no sky glow, 96% cloud cover creating an oppressive low ceiling reflecting the orange industrial glow from below. The atmosphere feels heavy and pressured, conveying the 188 EUR/MWh price tension. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees — is barely visible under artificial light, temperature a mild 15°C suggested by figures in shirtsleeves near plant gates. The entire scene is rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated colour, visible textured brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the deep black sky and the amber-orange industrial light pools, atmospheric depth with haze and steam blending into darkness. Each technology is painted with meticulous engineering accuracy: lattice turbine towers, aluminium nacelle housings, concrete cooling tower curvature, steel exhaust stacks. No text, no labels.