Solar dominates at 27.2 GW under clear skies; wind adds 10.6 GW while modest thermal and imports close a 9.1 GW gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 17%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 53%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 7%
85%
Renewable share
10.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
27.2 GW
Solar
50.9 GW
Total generation
-9.1 GW
Net import
57.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.4°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 463.2 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
105
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 27.2 GW dominates the right half and centre of the composition as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gently rolling spring farmland, angled toward a low western sun; wind onshore 8.7 GW appears as scattered clusters of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers on green hills in the mid-ground, rotors turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 1.9 GW is suggested by a distant line of turbines on a hazy horizon; brown coal 3.5 GW occupies the far left as two massive hyperbolic cooling towers with lazy white steam plumes rising into still air; natural gas 2.3 GW sits beside them as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack emitting a thin transparent heat shimmer; hard coal 1.8 GW appears as a smaller conventional power station with a single square cooling tower and a low dark stack; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a cluster of modest wood-fired CHP plants with short chimneys and visible woodchip storage yards in the left-centre; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small run-of-river weir and powerhouse nestled beside a stream in the foreground. TIME OF DAY: late dusk at 17:00 in late April — the sun is very low on the western horizon, casting long warm golden-orange light across the landscape, with the sky transitioning from pale gold near the horizon to deepening blue overhead; shadows stretch far eastward. WEATHER: perfectly clear sky, zero clouds, mild spring atmosphere at 15°C with fresh green vegetation, early wildflowers, budding deciduous trees. PRICE: moderate atmosphere — neither oppressive nor perfectly tranquil, a slight industrial haze near the thermal plants. STYLE: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich's depth and atmosphere merged with meticulous industrial-engineering accuracy — rich warm colour palette dominated by amber and spring green, visible confident brushwork, dramatic atmospheric perspective with luminous depth. Each technology rendered with correct engineering detail: three-blade rotor nacelles, lattice or tubular towers, crystalline PV cell grids, hyperbolic concrete cooling tower textures, CCGT exhaust geometry. The scene reads as a masterwork Romantic painting of the modern German energy landscape at golden hour. No text, no labels, no human figures.