Wind and brown coal lead domestic generation while Germany draws ~20 GW of net imports under high evening prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 27%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 0%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 23%
50%
Renewable share
11.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
36.3 GW
Total generation
-20.1 GW
Net import
147.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.4°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
352
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 8.5 GW dominates the left quarter as a massive lignite power complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lamps; natural gas 5.9 GW occupies the centre-left as two sleek CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting shimmering heat haze, illuminated by floodlights; hard coal 3.9 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal plant with a rectangular boiler house and a single squat cooling tower, glowing dull amber; wind onshore 9.7 GW spans the right third as a long ridge of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the darkness; wind offshore 2.2 GW is suggested in the far-right background as a faint cluster of turbine warning lights over a barely visible dark sea horizon; biomass 4.6 GW appears as a mid-ground industrial facility with a tall stack and warm interior glow through high windows, woodchip conveyor belt visible; hydro 1.5 GW is rendered as a small dam structure at lower right with water cascading under floodlights. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, 100% overcast with no stars or moon visible, a heavy low cloud ceiling faintly reflecting the orange industrial glow from below, creating an oppressive atmospheric weight suggesting high electricity prices. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and leafing birch trees — is barely visible in the sodium light pools. The overall atmosphere is heavy, industrial, tense. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between deep shadow and sodium-lit industrial glow, atmospheric depth with haze and steam, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and exhaust stack detail. No text, no labels.