Strong solar leads generation but weak wind and high demand drive 17 GW of residual load and elevated prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 7%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 54%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 8%
81%
Renewable share
2.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
16.8 GW
Solar
30.9 GW
Total generation
-17.3 GW
Net import
120.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
27.5°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 347.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
130
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 16.8 GW dominates the right half and centre of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gentle green hills, angled toward the low western sun. Biomass 4.1 GW appears in the centre-right as a cluster of compact wood-chip power stations with cylindrical silos and low exhaust stacks trailing thin white vapour. Brown coal 2.5 GW occupies the left background as two large hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting heavy grey-white steam plumes. Wind onshore 2.1 GW is shown as a sparse row of three-blade turbines on distant ridgelines, blades nearly motionless in the still air. Natural gas 2.1 GW sits in the centre-left as a compact combined-cycle gas turbine plant with a tall single exhaust stack and modest heat shimmer. Hydro 1.5 GW appears as a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a forested valley at left. Hard coal 1.2 GW is rendered as a single coal-fired station with a rectangular brick chimney and thin dark smoke trail beside the cooling towers. Wind offshore 0.6 GW is barely visible as tiny turbines on the far horizon line. The lighting is late dusk at 18:00 in late May—the sun is low on the western horizon casting a deep amber-orange glow across the lower sky, with the upper sky transitioning from warm peach to deepening blue. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, reflecting the high electricity price: a hazy, warm golden-brown pall hangs over the industrial structures. Temperature is 27.5 °C—lush green deciduous trees in full late-spring leaf, dry-looking grasses, shimmering heat haze near the ground. The air is utterly still, no motion in vegetation or turbine blades. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting with rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts between the glowing western horizon and the cooling-tower shadows, atmospheric sfumato in the distance, meticulous engineering accuracy on every nacelle, panel frame, and tower structure. No text, no labels.