Solar leads at 33.3 GW under clear March skies, with brown coal and gas providing 18.7 GW of thermal backup in calm wind.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 2%
Wind offshore 0%
Solar 52%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 17%
63%
Renewable share
1.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
33.3 GW
Solar
64.3 GW
Total generation
+64.3 GW
Net export
108.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
1.4°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
18% / 109.5 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
258
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 33.3 GW dominates the right half and centre of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gently rolling farmland, angled toward the low spring morning sun; brown coal 11.0 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes rising vertically in the still air; natural gas 7.7 GW appears as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks and slender vapour trails positioned centre-left; hard coal 5.1 GW is rendered as a smaller coal-fired station with a single large smokestack and coal conveyors beside a rail yard, positioned behind the gas units; biomass 4.5 GW appears as a mid-sized wood-chip plant with a squat industrial building and modest steam vent near the far left; wind onshore 1.4 GW shows as a small cluster of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, rotors completely still; hydro 1.0 GW is a small concrete run-of-river dam on a narrow river in the middle distance; wind offshore 0.3 GW is a barely visible pair of offshore turbines on the far horizon. Morning light at 09:00 in late March: low-angle golden sunlight streaming from the east, long crisp shadows across frost-dusted fields, nearly clear pale blue sky with only thin wisps of cirrus. Temperature 1.4°C: bare deciduous trees, patches of frost on brown dormant grass, breath-like mist near the ground. The atmosphere feels heavy and slightly oppressive despite the clear sky, with an industrial haze hanging around the thermal plants suggesting the high electricity price. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and aerial perspective — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, PV module frame, cooling tower curvature, and exhaust stack. The scene reads as a grand panoramic industrial landscape masterwork. No text, no labels.