Solar leads at 33.7 GW under full overcast; brown coal and biomass provide baseload as Germany net-imports 2.8 GW.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 5%
Wind offshore 0%
Solar 73%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 0%
Brown coal 7%
90%
Renewable share
2.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
33.7 GW
Solar
46.1 GW
Total generation
-2.8 GW
Net import
7.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.1°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
74
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 33.7 GW dominates the scene as an enormous expanse of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across rolling green late-spring fields, covering roughly three-quarters of the composition from centre to right; biomass 3.8 GW appears as a cluster of wood-chip-fueled power stations with modest stacks and small steam wisps in the centre-left; brown coal 3.1 GW occupies the far left as two large hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the overcast; wind onshore 2.2 GW shows as a handful of three-blade turbines on lattice towers on a distant ridge, blades turning slowly; natural gas 1.5 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a single slender exhaust stack and thin heat shimmer near the biomass cluster; hydro 1.5 GW appears as a small weir and powerhouse beside a river in the foreground. The sky is entirely overcast at 100% cloud cover — a uniform layer of pale grey-white stratus with no blue visible — yet the scene is fully lit with the soft, shadowless diffuse daylight of a 10:00 AM late-May morning. The air feels mild at 17°C; trees and hedgerows are in full vivid green leaf, wildflowers dot meadow edges. A gentle breeze bends the tall grass. The atmosphere is calm and open, reflecting the very low electricity price. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective — yet every piece of energy infrastructure is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles, rotor hubs, PV cell grid patterns, cooling tower parabolic geometry, CCGT exhaust stacks. No text, no labels.