Solar leads at 30.9 GW under overcast skies, with 13 GW wind and modest fossil baseload balancing a 1.6 GW net import.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 16%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 52%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 8%
83%
Renewable share
13.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
30.9 GW
Solar
59.6 GW
Total generation
-1.6 GW
Net import
68.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.9°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
94.0% / 369.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
119
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 30.9 GW dominates the foreground and middle ground as vast expanses of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across rolling green fields, their surfaces reflecting a bright but diffuse midday light filtering through heavy overcast; wind onshore 9.3 GW appears as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers scattered across gentle hills in the mid-right of the scene, blades turning slowly in moderate breeze; wind offshore 3.7 GW is visible in the far distance as a cluster of white offshore turbines on the hazy horizon line beyond a sliver of grey sea; brown coal 4.6 GW occupies the left background as a pair of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes rising into the overcast sky, with conveyor belts and open-pit terracing subtly visible; biomass 3.7 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a tall stack and wood-chip storage silos nestled among trees to the centre-left; natural gas 3.5 GW is rendered as compact CCGT units with slender exhaust stacks and modest heat shimmer, positioned behind the solar arrays on the left-centre; hard coal 2.1 GW shows as a smaller coal plant with a single rectangular cooling tower and coal stockpile to the far left; hydro 1.9 GW is represented by a small concrete dam and reservoir visible in a valley on the far right. The sky is uniformly overcast at 94% cloud cover but luminous—bright diffuse white-grey clouds with occasional thin spots where a powerful June sun pushes through, casting soft shadowless light across the entire landscape. Vegetation is lush mid-June green, wildflowers dotting meadow edges, temperature a mild 16.9°C suggested by figures in light jackets. The atmosphere feels slightly heavy and pressured, hinting at the moderate electricity price. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and aerial perspective—rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy for every technology: correct turbine nacelle shapes, three-blade rotors, panel wiring, cooling tower parabolic curves, CCGT exhaust geometry. The scene feels like a monumental canvas by a modern Caspar David Friedrich, an industrial pastoral of the energy transition. No text, no labels.