Solar leads at 22.9 GW under full overcast; coal and gas provide 17.8 GW of thermal baseload alongside moderate wind.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 11%
Wind offshore 9%
Solar 39%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 9%
70%
Renewable share
11.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
22.9 GW
Solar
58.2 GW
Total generation
+3.8 GW
Net export
85.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.1°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 8.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
203
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 22.9 GW dominates the foreground and middle distance as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across flat farmland, their surfaces reflecting a uniformly grey-white overcast sky; natural gas 7.2 GW appears centre-left as a cluster of compact CCGT power stations with tall single exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer; brown coal 5.4 GW occupies the left background as two massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with thick white steam plumes drifting slowly in still air; hard coal 5.2 GW sits adjacent as a blocky power station with conveyor belts and a broad chimney trailing grey smoke; wind onshore 6.4 GW fills the right middle ground as a line of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, rotors turning very slowly in light breeze; wind offshore 5.1 GW is suggested on the far-right horizon as distant turbines standing in a hazy sea glimpsed through a gap in low terrain; biomass 4.7 GW appears as a wood-clad industrial facility with a modest stack and steam wisp near the centre; hydro 1.3 GW is a small run-of-river weir with a concrete powerhouse along a gentle river in the right foreground. Full daylight at 10:00 AM but entirely diffuse — no shadows, no sun disc visible, a flat 100% cloud ceiling pressing low and heavy, lending an oppressive atmosphere reflecting the 85.6 EUR/MWh price. Early spring vegetation: bare deciduous trees with first tiny buds, damp green grass, temperature near 6°C shown by workers in jackets. Air is still and damp. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich layered colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and aerial perspective — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy for every turbine nacelle, PV cell grid pattern, cooling tower parabolic profile, and CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.