Solar at 32.6 GW leads under overcast skies; moderate thermal generation and 3.4 GW net imports cover residual demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 8%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 60%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 8%
84%
Renewable share
7.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
32.6 GW
Solar
54.6 GW
Total generation
-3.3 GW
Net import
66.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.8°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
84.0% / 68.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
113
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 32.6 GW dominates the scene as an enormous expanse of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV arrays stretching across rolling central German farmland, occupying roughly 60% of the composition from the centre to the right; brown coal 4.2 GW appears at the far left as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into overcast sky; wind onshore 4.3 GW stands as a scattered line of three-blade turbines with lattice towers on low hills behind the solar fields, blades turning slowly in light wind; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with wood-chip silos and a modest smokestack near the coal complex; wind offshore 3.3 GW is visible in the far background as a row of sleek offshore turbines on a hazy grey horizon line suggesting the North Sea; natural gas 3.2 GW occupies a compact CCGT facility with twin exhaust stacks and a single smaller cooling tower placed between the coal towers and the solar fields; hard coal 1.5 GW appears as a smaller conventional power station with a single tall chimney and coal conveyor beside the gas plant; hydro 1.4 GW is suggested by a small dam and reservoir nestled in a wooded valley at the far right edge. Time of day is 11:00 — full midday daylight but heavily diffused by 84% cloud cover, creating a flat silvery-white overcast sky with no direct sun visible, soft ambient illumination casting very faint shadows. The landscape shows fresh green May vegetation — spring grass, beech and oak trees in new leaf — but the air at 9.8°C appears cool, with slight mist clinging to lower elevations. The atmosphere is moderately heavy and muted, reflecting a 66.8 EUR/MWh price — not oppressive but carrying a sense of subdued weight. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting with rich tonal depth, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric perspective fading to grey at the horizon, and meticulous engineering accuracy in all turbine nacelles, PV panel framing, cooling tower hyperboloid geometry, and industrial infrastructure. No text, no labels.