Solar, gas, and coal anchor a 53 GW supply mix under full overcast, with 7.2 GW net imports covering residual demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 19%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 26%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 13%
59%
Renewable share
12.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
13.7 GW
Solar
53.2 GW
Total generation
-7.2 GW
Net import
114.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.5°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 19.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
272
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 13.7 GW dominates the centre-right as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across flat farmland, their surfaces reflecting only dull grey sky; wind onshore 9.9 GW fills the far right as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers turning slowly across gentle hills; wind offshore 2.1 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on the horizon above a grey North Sea sliver; natural gas 9.1 GW occupies the centre-left as a cluster of compact CCGT power stations with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin transparent heat haze; brown coal 6.7 GW anchors the far left as massive hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick white steam plumes into the overcast; hard coal 6.1 GW sits beside the brown coal as a large coal-fired station with rectangular boiler houses and tall chimneys trailing grey smoke; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a domed digester and wood-chip storage silos near the centre; hydro 1.5 GW is a small concrete run-of-river weir with visible spillway in the lower foreground beside a swollen spring river. The sky is entirely blanketed in heavy, low, unbroken stratiform cloud at 100% cover — no blue, no sun, no breaks — creating a flat, oppressive, leaden atmosphere that presses down on the landscape. The lighting is full diffuse April daylight at 16:00, bright enough to illuminate all detail but completely shadowless, with a cool grey-white tone. Spring vegetation: early green grass, bare-branching trees just beginning to leaf out, 11.5°C coolness suggested by damp surfaces. The high electricity price is conveyed through a brooding, heavy, claustrophobic density in the cloud layer. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines connect all facilities across the scene, suggesting interconnection and import flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich's atmospheric weight merged with Adolph Menzel's industrial precision — rich muted earth tones, visible confident brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every cooling tower curve, every PV panel frame. No text, no labels.