Solar leads at 30.7 GW under full overcast; coal and 6.1 GW net imports cover the consumption gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 8%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 59%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 11%
80%
Renewable share
5.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
30.7 GW
Solar
52.2 GW
Total generation
-6.1 GW
Net import
87.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.0°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 4.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
145
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 30.7 GW dominates the centre and right as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across flat farmland, their surfaces reflecting only grey diffuse light from a uniformly overcast sky; brown coal 5.6 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of large hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes merging into the cloud layer; hard coal 2.3 GW appears as a smaller industrial complex with a single tall chimney stack and coal conveyors beside the lignite plant; natural gas 2.5 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT facility with a slender exhaust stack and thin heat shimmer, positioned mid-left; wind onshore 4.4 GW appears as a scattered line of modern three-blade turbines on gentle hills in the far right background, their rotors turning slowly in moderate breeze; wind offshore 1.3 GW is suggested by tiny turbines on a hazy horizon line; biomass 4.0 GW is a modest wood-chip-fed plant with a low rectangular building and a single smokestack near the centre-left; hydro 1.4 GW is a small run-of-river weir with a powerhouse nestled along a river in the foreground. Full daylight at 15:00 but entirely diffuse — no shadows, no direct sun, a flat bright-white overcast ceiling pressing down with a slightly heavy, oppressive atmosphere reflecting the elevated electricity price. Spring vegetation: fresh green grass, leafing deciduous trees, rapeseed fields with faded yellow blooms. Temperature 16 °C — figures in the scene wear light jackets. High-voltage transmission pylons carry bundled conductors across the scene, symbolising interconnector flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour palette emphasising muted greens, greys, and ochres, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth with subtle aerial perspective fading the distant cooling towers into haze, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, panel frame, and cooling tower profile. No text, no labels.