Wind leads at 13.2 GW but tight supply margins and thermal dispatch drive prices to 117 EUR/MWh at midnight.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 38%
Wind offshore 4%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 19%
60%
Renewable share
14.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
34.3 GW
Total generation
-7.4 GW
Net import
117.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.1°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
280
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 6.5 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the black sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 4.8 GW appears center-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour, illuminated by harsh industrial floodlights; hard coal 2.6 GW sits just right of center as a smaller power station with rectangular boiler house and a single squat cooling tower, coal conveyors visible under yellow light; wind onshore 13.2 GW spans the entire right half as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling hills into the distance, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the darkness, rotors turning at moderate speed; wind offshore 1.5 GW is suggested by faint red lights on the far-right horizon over a barely visible flat plain; biomass 4.4 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a domed digester and a wood-chip storage dome near the center, warmly lit; hydro 1.3 GW is rendered as a small dam structure with spillway in the far background, floodlit. The sky is completely dark, deep black-navy, 100 percent overcast with no stars and no moon visible, a heavy oppressive cloud ceiling pressing down. Temperature is mild spring, 16 degrees — fresh green foliage on deciduous trees barely visible in the industrial glow. Ground is damp. The atmosphere feels tense and heavy, reflecting high electricity prices. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich deep tones of indigo, umber, and ochre, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro from artificial light sources against the black night, atmospheric depth with distant turbine lights fading into haze. Meticulous engineering detail on every technology: three-blade rotor geometry, nacelle housings, cooling tower parabolic curves, CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.