Solar leads at 26.6 GW under heavy overcast; brown coal and gas firm the base; ~8.5 GW net imports fill the gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 7%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 48%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 11%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 15%
67%
Renewable share
4.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
26.6 GW
Solar
54.8 GW
Total generation
-8.5 GW
Net import
125.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.9°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
94.0% / 39.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
228
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 26.6 GW dominates the centre-right as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gently rolling farmland, their surfaces reflecting pale diffuse light under a thick overcast sky. Brown coal 8.0 GW occupies the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with heavy white-grey steam plumes merging into the low cloud deck, adjacent conveyor belts feeding lignite from an open pit. Natural gas 5.9 GW appears centre-left as a pair of compact CCGT power stations with slim cylindrical exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer. Hard coal 4.1 GW sits behind the gas plant as a large brick-and-steel power station with prominent chimney stacks and coal stockpiles. Wind onshore 4.0 GW is rendered as a modest line of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their rotors turning slowly in light wind. Biomass 4.4 GW appears as a wood-clad industrial facility with a single smokestack emitting pale vapour, positioned mid-ground right near the solar fields. Hydro 1.2 GW is shown as a small concrete dam with spillway in a valley at far right. Wind offshore 0.6 GW is barely visible as tiny turbines on a hazy horizon line at the far left edge. The sky is a heavy, oppressive blanket of 94% stratiform cloud in tones of pewter and slate grey, with no blue breaks, pressing down on the landscape — the atmosphere feels weighty, reflecting the high electricity price. Full mid-morning daylight at 09:00 in May but entirely diffuse, no shadows, flat lighting across the scene. Spring vegetation: fresh green grass, young leaves on scattered birch and linden trees, but colours muted under the overcast. Temperature around 12°C suggested by figures in light jackets near the biomass plant. Light breeze barely stirs the grass. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective with haze softening distant elements, deep tonal palette of greys, greens, and industrial ochres — yet every piece of energy infrastructure rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelle housings, lattice tower cross-members, PV module gridlines, cooling tower parabolic curves, CCGT heat recovery units. No text, no labels.