Overcast skies limit solar while wind and lignite anchor supply; 7.2 GW net imports fill the gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 18%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 32%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 16%
67%
Renewable share
13.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
17.8 GW
Solar
55.1 GW
Total generation
-7.2 GW
Net import
109.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.6°C / 19 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 7.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
237
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 17.8 GW fills the centre-right as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gentle hills, their surfaces dull and muted under dense cloud; brown coal 8.9 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes merging into the overcast sky, alongside conveyor belts of raw lignite; wind onshore 9.9 GW spans the far right as dozens of three-blade turbines on tall lattice and tubular towers, rotors visibly turning in moderate wind; wind offshore 3.6 GW appears in the distant right horizon as a line of turbines rising from a grey North Sea; natural gas 4.7 GW sits centre-left as compact CCGT plant blocks with slender single exhaust stacks trailing thin vapour; hard coal 4.5 GW appears as a dark industrial facility with prominent chimneys and coal stockpiles adjacent to the lignite complex; biomass 4.3 GW shows as a cluster of smaller wood-chip-fed power plants with modest stacks and timber storage yards at mid-ground; hydro 1.2 GW is rendered as a small run-of-river weir with turbine house beside a green-banked stream in the foreground. The sky is entirely overcast at 100% cloud cover—a uniform heavy grey blanket with no sun disc visible, only diffuse flat daylight consistent with 09:00 in late May. Direct radiation is near zero so no shadows fall and colours are muted. The landscape is lush mid-spring green with deciduous trees in full leaf at 13.6°C, grass slightly wind-bent. The atmosphere feels oppressive and weighty, reflecting high electricity prices—a thick haze sits low over the industrial stacks, the air dense and still despite turning rotors. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting—rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth receding into misty grey distance, luminous handling of overcast light on metal surfaces and steam, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower flute, and PV cell grid. No text, no labels.