Solar at 36.3 GW leads under clear skies, with brown coal and gas bridging a 2.6 GW net import gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 2%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 60%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 12%
73%
Renewable share
1.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
36.3 GW
Solar
60.1 GW
Total generation
-2.5 GW
Net import
94.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.0°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 395.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
190
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 36.3 GW dominates the scene as an immense expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling central German farmland, covering roughly 60% of the composition from the centre to the right, their aluminium frames glinting sharply under a cloudless brilliant-blue late-morning sky. Brown coal 7.4 GW occupies the far left as a cluster of massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers releasing thick white steam plumes that drift lazily in near-still air, with conveyors of dark lignite visible at their base. Natural gas 5.0 GW appears as a pair of modern combined-cycle gas turbine plants with tall slender exhaust stacks and compact turbine halls positioned left of centre, thin heat shimmer rising from their vents. Hard coal 3.8 GW is rendered as a single large coal-fired station with a square brick chimney and coal stockpile just behind the gas plant. Biomass 4.3 GW shows as several cylindrical anaerobic digesters and a woodchip-fueled CHP plant with a modest stack, nestled among green spring fields in the mid-ground. Wind onshore 1.3 GW appears as a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge at the far right, blades barely turning in the light breeze. Wind offshore 0.6 GW is suggested by a faint line of turbines on the hazy horizon. Hydro 1.3 GW is a small concrete run-of-river weir visible along a stream in the foreground. The atmosphere is warm spring daylight at 10:00 AM, full sun with zero cloud cover, bright and direct light casting crisp shadows to the northwest; fresh green deciduous foliage and spring meadow grasses cover the rolling terrain at 12 °C. Despite the sunshine, the overall atmosphere carries a faintly oppressive, warm density to the air — a subtle golden haze near the horizon hinting at high electricity prices. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, PV module, cooling tower, and smokestack — a grand industrial pastoral masterwork. No text, no labels.