Wind onshore (22.7 GW) and solar (18.6 GW) lead generation, but 18.9 GW of coal and gas persist under overcast skies.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 32%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 26%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 1%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 16%
66%
Renewable share
23.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
18.6 GW
Solar
71.2 GW
Total generation
+71.2 GW
Net export
147.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
1.0°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 1.5 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
245
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 22.7 GW dominates the right half of the composition as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles stretching across flat agricultural land, their blades barely turning in the light 4 km/h wind. Solar 18.6 GW occupies the centre-right foreground as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels on metal racking, their glass surfaces reflecting only the dull grey of the overcast sky, producing no glint or sparkle. Brown coal 11.7 GW fills the left third with massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes that blend upward into the low cloud ceiling, beside conveyor belts carrying dark lignite and a sprawling open-pit mine visible at the horizon. Hard coal 7.2 GW appears as a cluster of rectangular industrial buildings with tall chimneys and coal stockpiles in the centre-left, smoke trailing horizontally. Natural gas 4.9 GW is rendered as two compact CCGT units with single cylindrical exhaust stacks and modest heat shimmer, positioned between the coal complex and the wind turbines. Biomass 4.3 GW appears as a pair of smaller wood-chip-fuelled CHP plants with rounded silos and low steam vents in the left foreground. Hydro 0.9 GW and offshore wind 0.8 GW appear as distant small elements: a run-of-river weir in a valley and a few offshore turbines on the far horizon. The lighting is full daytime at 08:00 in late March but entirely diffused — a flat, heavy, unbroken 100% overcast sky pressing down in shades of slate and pewter with no sun disc visible, creating an oppressive atmosphere reflecting the high 147.6 EUR/MWh price. Temperature is 1°C: the landscape is cold, with patches of frost on bare brown fields and leafless deciduous trees, early spring but still wintry. The vegetation is dormant — no green, just muted browns and greys. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich layered colour in muted earth tones and greys, visible confident brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective with industrial haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, PV panel frame, and cooling tower. The scene conveys the monumental scale of a modern industrial energy landscape as a masterwork painting. No text, no labels.