Overcast solar at 32.1 GW leads generation; 5.1 GW net imports and thermal plants fill the gap at 89 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 10%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 60%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 8%
82%
Renewable share
6.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
32.1 GW
Solar
54.0 GW
Total generation
-5.2 GW
Net import
88.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
24.6°C / 17 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 132.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
126
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 32.1 GW dominates the scene as a vast expanse of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across rolling central German farmland, covering roughly 60% of the composition from the centre to the right; brown coal 4.3 GW occupies the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the overcast sky; natural gas 2.9 GW appears as two compact CCGT plants with slim exhaust stacks and heat-shimmer haze just left of centre; hard coal 2.5 GW is rendered as a single coal-fired power station with a tall rectangular boiler house and conveyor belts carrying dark fuel, positioned behind the gas units; wind onshore 5.6 GW appears as a line of modern three-blade turbines on gentle hills in the right background, blades turning moderately in 17 km/h wind; wind offshore 1.2 GW is suggested by distant turbines on a hazy horizon line at far right; biomass 3.7 GW is a wood-chip-fed CHP plant with a squat green industrial building and a single modest chimney emitting pale smoke, nestled among trees at the far left edge; hydro 1.6 GW appears as a small concrete run-of-river weir with white water spilling over, visible in the lower left corner. The sky is entirely overcast with a flat, heavy, unbroken layer of warm grey-white stratus clouds at 3 pm full daylight — bright but diffuse, no shadows, no direct sun visible, the atmosphere slightly oppressive suggesting the 89 EUR/MWh price tension. Lush green summer vegetation at 24.6 °C — tall grass, leafy deciduous trees, wildflowers along field margins. High-voltage transmission pylons and cables recede into the haze, hinting at cross-border imports. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective with hazy depth — yet every turbine nacelle, every PV cell grid pattern, every cooling tower fluting is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy. No text, no labels.