Solar leads at 12.2 GW with brown coal and wind supporting, but 17.8 GW net imports needed at evening peak.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 18%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 40%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 12%
78%
Renewable share
6.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
12.2 GW
Solar
30.5 GW
Total generation
-17.8 GW
Net import
121.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
22.4°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 143.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
155
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 12.2 GW dominates the centre-right as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gently rolling farmland; brown coal 3.8 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the overcast sky; wind onshore 5.4 GW appears as a line of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers on ridgelines behind the solar fields, blades turning very slowly in light breeze; biomass 3.7 GW is rendered as a medium-sized industrial plant with a tall stack and woodchip storage silos near the left-centre; natural gas 2.0 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with a single clean exhaust stack emitting a thin heat shimmer, placed between the coal plant and the biomass facility; hydro 1.7 GW is depicted as a modest dam and spillway in a wooded valley at the far right; wind offshore 0.9 GW is barely visible as tiny turbine silhouettes on the distant horizon line; hard coal 0.9 GW appears as a small conventional power station with a single chimney beside the brown coal complex. The sky is entirely overcast with thick, heavy, oppressive grey clouds pressing low — no blue sky visible — conveying the high electricity price tension. The lighting is late dusk at 18:00 in June: a dim orange-red glow barely visible along the western horizon, the sky above fading from grey to deep slate, the underside of clouds catching faint amber warmth. The landscape is lush summer green — tall grasses, full deciduous trees in deep emerald foliage, wildflowers dotting meadow edges — at 22°C warmth. The air feels humid and still. Painted as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters like Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich impasto brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective, and meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, panel frame, cooling tower ribbing, and smokestack detail. No text, no labels.