Solar at 24.9 GW leads a high-renewables afternoon; overcast skies and light wind require 2.3 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 14%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 58%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 8%
87%
Renewable share
7.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
24.9 GW
Solar
43.1 GW
Total generation
-2.4 GW
Net import
52.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.5°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 240.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
92
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 24.9 GW dominates the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across the entire right half and centre of the composition, angled toward an overcast but luminous sky; wind onshore 6.0 GW appears as a line of tall three-blade turbines with white lattice towers on gentle green hills in the centre-left, blades turning slowly in light breeze; biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a cluster of modest timber-clad power plants with small chimneys emitting thin white exhaust, nestled among trees at centre-left; brown coal 3.3 GW occupies the far left as two large hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with heavy white steam plumes rising against the grey sky; natural gas 1.9 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and modest heat shimmer, positioned between the coal towers and the biomass facility; wind offshore 1.3 GW is glimpsed in the far background as a row of turbines standing in a hazy grey sea on the distant horizon; hydro 1.2 GW is a small dam with cascading water in the lower left foreground; hard coal 0.5 GW is a single dark industrial stack barely visible behind the lignite towers. Time is 4 PM on a spring afternoon: full daylight but entirely overcast — a bright, diffuse, silver-white sky with no direct sun, no blue patches, flat even illumination casting soft shadows. Temperature is mild at 16.5°C; vegetation is lush spring green, with beech and birch trees in full fresh leaf, wildflowers dotting meadow edges. The atmosphere is slightly heavy and hazy, reflecting a moderate electricity price. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich saturated greens and greys, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with misty horizons — yet every turbine nacelle, every PV cell grid line, every cooling tower ribbing is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy. No text, no labels.