Solar leads at 25.9 GW under overcast skies; 3 GW net imports cover the gap to 46 GW demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 16%
Wind offshore 0%
Solar 60%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 0%
Brown coal 8%
88%
Renewable share
6.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
25.9 GW
Solar
43.0 GW
Total generation
-3.1 GW
Net import
49.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
23.7°C / 19 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 113.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
84
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 25.9 GW dominates the composition as vast rolling fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across nearly two-thirds of the canvas from centre to right, their blue-grey surfaces reflecting a bright but fully overcast white sky. Wind onshore 6.7 GW appears as a cluster of three-blade turbines with white tubular towers on gentle green hills in the upper-right background, blades turning in moderate wind. Brown coal 3.3 GW occupies the far left as two hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, beside a lignite conveyor and power block. Biomass 3.6 GW sits left of centre as a timber-clad biomass plant with a modest stack and wood-chip storage yard. Hydro 1.6 GW appears as a small concrete dam and penstock visible in a wooded valley at far left. Natural gas 1.5 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT facility with a single slender exhaust stack and small heat-recovery unit nestled between the biomass plant and the solar fields. Late-spring landscape at 16:00 under full daylight but entirely overcast — no direct sun, flat even illumination, sky a uniform bright white-grey ceiling pressing gently down. Temperature is warm at 23.7 °C: lush green deciduous trees in full leaf, wildflowers dotting field edges, late-May vegetation vibrant. Atmosphere is calm and mundane, neither oppressive nor dramatic, matching a moderate electricity price. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and aerial perspective — yet every piece of engineering rendered with meticulous technical accuracy: turbine nacelles, rotor hubs, panel wiring, cooling tower ribbing, conveyor gantries. No text, no labels.