Solar (23.1 GW) and onshore wind (16.4 GW) lead a 72% renewable mix at exact supply-demand balance.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 26%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 36%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 12%
72%
Renewable share
17.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
23.1 GW
Solar
64.2 GW
Total generation
-0.0 GW
Net import
102.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.7°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
84.0% / 90.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
194
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 23.1 GW dominates the right half of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gently rolling farmland, their surfaces reflecting diffused grey-white light; onshore wind 16.4 GW fills the mid-ground as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, rotors turning steadily in moderate breeze across green spring meadows; brown coal 7.5 GW occupies the far left as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers issuing thick white-grey steam plumes; natural gas 6.0 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with twin exhaust stacks and heat-recovery structures just right of the coal complex; hard coal 4.5 GW sits as a smaller conventional station with a single tall chimney and conveyor belt visible; biomass 4.4 GW is rendered as a modest wood-fired plant with a low stack and timber yard beside it; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small dam and penstock in a wooded valley in the distant background; offshore wind 0.8 GW is suggested by a handful of turbines on the far horizon at a visible coastline. The sky is heavily overcast at 84% cloud cover, a thick blanket of stratocumulus in layered grey and cream tones, with weak diffuse sunlight filtering through—daytime at 09:00 in May so full ambient brightness but no direct sun or shadows. The atmosphere feels heavy and slightly oppressive, reflecting a 102.5 EUR/MWh price. Spring vegetation: fresh bright-green grass, budding deciduous trees, patches of yellow rapeseed. Temperature 8.7°C suggested by cool mist clinging to low ground near the river. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—Caspar David Friedrich's atmospheric depth combined with meticulous industrial realism, rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, dramatic compositional tension between pastoral nature and industrial infrastructure. No text, no labels.