Solar at 30 GW and wind at 25 GW dominate, pushing Germany to 11.5 GW net export under heavy overcast.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 29%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 40%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 7%
82%
Renewable share
25.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
30.1 GW
Solar
75.2 GW
Total generation
+11.4 GW
Net export
63.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.8°C / 22 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
94.0% / 101.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
126
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 30.1 GW dominates the foreground as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gently rolling central German farmland, their blue-grey surfaces reflecting a flat, diffuse white light from a heavily overcast sky; wind onshore 21.5 GW fills the middle distance and right two-thirds of the composition as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, rotors turning briskly in steady wind, receding into atmospheric haze; wind offshore 3.9 GW is suggested by a distant cluster of turbines on the far horizon line; brown coal 5.1 GW occupies the left background as a pair of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes that merge into the grey cloud ceiling; hard coal 4.5 GW sits adjacent as a large power station with tall rectangular stacks and conveyor infrastructure; natural gas 4.1 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with a single slender exhaust stack and a thin heat shimmer; biomass 4.4 GW is represented by a mid-sized plant with a domed digester and a modest chimney amid stacked timber; hydro 1.8 GW appears as a small dam and spillway nestled in a wooded valley at the far left edge. The sky is 94% overcast — thick, uniform stratocumulus in grey-white layers with only the faintest hint of brightness where the midday sun tries to penetrate, creating flat shadowless lighting across the landscape. Temperature is cool at 6.8 °C: spring foliage is fresh but pale green, some trees still filling out, patches of damp earth visible. The atmosphere is moderately heavy and close, hinting at the 63.5 EUR/MWh price — not oppressive but dense and weighty. Time is 11:00 local, full diffuse daylight, no direct sun, no harsh shadows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective with sfumato in the distance, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every PV cell grid line, every rivet on the cooling towers. The composition balances the industrial sublime with pastoral calm. No text, no labels, no people.