Solar leads at 10.7 GW but a 26.9 GW net import fills the gap as evening demand peaks at 61.6 GW.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 20%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 31%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 14%
69%
Renewable share
7.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
10.7 GW
Solar
34.7 GW
Total generation
-26.9 GW
Net import
138.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.8°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 254.5 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
217
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 10.7 GW dominates the right third of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels catching low-angle golden light; wind onshore 6.8 GW and offshore 1.1 GW span the centre-right as clusters of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, rotors turning moderately; brown coal 4.9 GW occupies the left background as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes; hard coal 2.5 GW appears as a smaller conventional power station with twin chimneys and dark smoke beside the cooling towers; natural gas 3.3 GW sits centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and heat-shimmer; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a mid-ground cluster of industrial biogas facilities with domed digesters and short flue stacks; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley at far left. The sky is a dusk scene at 18:00 in early April — the sun is very low on the western horizon casting a deep orange-red glow along the bottom quarter of the sky, the upper sky transitioning rapidly from warm amber through dusky violet to deepening blue overhead. The atmosphere is heavy and slightly oppressive, with a metallic, hazy quality suggesting high electricity prices and systemic strain. The landscape is early-spring central German rolling terrain: fresh pale-green grass, bare-branched oaks and beeches just beginning to bud, temperature around 15°C. Clear sky, zero clouds, long dramatic shadows stretching eastward. High-voltage transmission pylons recede into the hazy distance, symbolizing the massive cross-border power flows. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, PV module busbar, cooling tower shell, and CCGT exhaust detail. No text, no labels.