Solar leads at 21.7 GW under overcast skies; brown coal and imports fill the 5 GW generation gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 11%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 43%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 16%
67%
Renewable share
6.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
21.7 GW
Solar
50.6 GW
Total generation
-5.0 GW
Net import
108.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.2°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 175.2 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
236
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 21.7 GW dominates the right half of the canvas as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gently rolling farmland, their blue-grey surfaces reflecting diffuse white light; brown coal 7.9 GW occupies the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with thick white steam plumes billowing upward into the overcast sky, flanked by conveyor belts feeding lignite into a sprawling power station; wind onshore 5.5 GW appears as a line of modern three-blade turbines with white tubular towers on a distant ridge, rotors turning slowly in moderate wind; natural gas 4.7 GW is rendered as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, positioned centre-left behind the coal complex; hard coal 4.2 GW appears as a traditional brick-and-steel power station with a tall chimney and coal stockpile beside a rail siding; biomass 4.0 GW is a mid-sized wood-chip-fed plant with a cylindrical silo and modest steam outlet near the village edge; wind offshore 1.3 GW is suggested by tiny turbines visible on a hazy horizon line at far right; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small dam with water cascading in the far background valley. The sky is entirely overcast at 100% cloud cover yet bright with diffuse daylight at 16:00 in April — a luminous pearl-white canopy with no blue visible, the light flat and even, casting soft shadows. The atmosphere feels heavy and slightly oppressive reflecting the high electricity price: the air is thick, humid, tinged faintly amber near the coal stacks. Spring vegetation is emerging — fresh pale-green buds on deciduous trees, early wildflowers in meadow margins, the grass a vivid new green at 12°C. A moderate breeze bends the meadow grasses. High-voltage transmission pylons with bundled conductors recede into the haze, symbolising the 5 GW of imports flowing into the scene. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — Caspar David Friedrich's atmospheric grandeur merged with Adolph Menzel's industrial precision — rich impasto brushwork, deep tonal layering, atmospheric perspective fading to milky distance, each technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy including turbine nacelles, lattice sub-structures, panel wiring, and cooling tower ribbing. No text, no labels.