Solar leads at 21.8 GW under full overcast; brown coal and net imports fill a 9.6 GW generation shortfall.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 17%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 45%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 12%
77%
Renewable share
9.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
21.8 GW
Solar
48.2 GW
Total generation
-9.6 GW
Net import
103.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.3°C / 17 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 160.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
163
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 21.8 GW dominates the right half of the canvas as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gentle green hillsides under diffuse grey light; wind onshore 8.0 GW appears as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers scattered across ridgelines in the centre-right, their rotors turning in moderate breeze; wind offshore 1.9 GW is glimpsed as a small cluster of turbines on a distant grey horizon at far right; brown coal 6.0 GW occupies the left quarter as a lignite power station with three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes that merge into the overcast ceiling; biomass 3.6 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a tall stack and wood-chip storage silos in the left-centre; natural gas 3.1 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a single polished exhaust stack and visible heat shimmer, placed between the coal plant and biomass; hydro 2.0 GW shows as a concrete dam with spillway releasing white water in the centre-left valley; hard coal 1.9 GW appears as a smaller coal station with a single rectangular cooling tower and conveyor belt, near the brown coal complex. The sky is entirely overcast at 100% cloud cover, a heavy uniform blanket of grey stratus pressing low, yet it is full late-afternoon daylight — 16:00 in June — so the landscape is bright but completely shadowless with flat diffuse illumination. The atmosphere feels oppressive and weighty, reflecting the high electricity price. Temperature is mild at 17°C; vegetation is lush early-summer green — full deciduous canopies, wildflower meadows, tall grass. Moderate wind bends the grass and ripples puddles. High-voltage transmission pylons with sagging cables cross the middle distance, symbolising import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and haze — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, every PV module rail clamp, every cooling tower's parabolic curvature. No text, no labels.