Solar at 48.5 GW dominates under full overcast, supported by modest wind, biomass, and residual thermal generation.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 1%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 74%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 5%
88%
Renewable share
3.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
48.5 GW
Solar
65.5 GW
Total generation
+65.5 GW
Net export
32.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.9°C / 18 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
80
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 48.5 GW dominates the entire scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling central German farmland, occupying roughly three-quarters of the composition, their blue-grey surfaces reflecting a uniformly overcast white-grey sky with no sun visible. Brown coal 3.1 GW appears at the far left as two massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes drifting in the breeze. Biomass 4.2 GW sits left-of-centre as a cluster of medium-scale industrial biomass plants with cylindrical wood-chip silos and modest chimneys releasing thin grey exhaust. Wind onshore 0.9 GW and offshore 2.5 GW appear as a small group of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers in the mid-distance right side, their rotors turning slowly in moderate wind — onshore turbines on green spring hillsides, a faint suggestion of offshore turbines on the far horizon. Natural gas 2.5 GW sits centre-right as two compact CCGT units with single tall exhaust stacks and low rectangular buildings. Hard coal 2.0 GW occupies the far right as a traditional coal plant with square cooling towers and a conveyor belt structure. Hydro 1.8 GW is suggested by a small concrete dam and reservoir visible in a valley in the middle distance. The time is 11:00 AM in April: full diffuse daylight, completely overcast sky with no blue visible, a flat bright white cloud ceiling, spring green grass and early leaf buds on scattered deciduous trees. Temperature near 9°C gives a cool, crisp atmosphere with slight haze. Wind at 18 km/h animates flags, grass, and steam plumes with gentle lateral drift. The price is moderate so the atmosphere is calm, neither oppressive nor serene. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial modernity — rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and aerial perspective, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, panel frame, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.