Strong wind and muted solar under full overcast drive 73.8% renewables, but 16.7 GW net imports fill the gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 35%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 19%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 14%
74%
Renewable share
18.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
8.7 GW
Solar
45.2 GW
Total generation
-16.6 GW
Net import
127.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.8°C / 20 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
99.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
188
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 15.8 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles stretching across rolling green hills, rotors spinning visibly in brisk wind. Brown coal 6.2 GW occupies the far left as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes, flanked by conveyor belts carrying dark lignite. Solar 8.7 GW appears in the mid-ground as a broad field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels, but they are dull and unreflective under the heavy sky, catching no direct light. Biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a tall stack and woodchip storage silos in the left-center. Natural gas 3.2 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with a single sleek exhaust stack and visible heat shimmer, positioned between the coal complex and the biomass plant. Wind offshore 2.9 GW is visible on the distant horizon as a row of turbines emerging from a grey-green sea barely distinguishable from the overcast sky. Hard coal 2.5 GW sits adjacent to the brown coal facility as a smaller power station with a rectangular boiler house and coal bunkers. Hydro 1.9 GW appears as a small dam structure nestled in a valley in the far mid-ground with water cascading. The sky is entirely covered by a dense, oppressive, low-hanging blanket of uniform grey clouds at 99% cover, no sun visible, no shadows on the ground — full diffuse daylight of an 08:00 June morning but gloomy and flat. The atmosphere feels heavy and brooding, consistent with the high electricity price. Vegetation is lush early-summer green — tall grasses, deciduous trees in full leaf — but the cool 11.8°C temperature gives a damp, misty quality to the valleys. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting with rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric perspective, and dramatic tonal depth — reminiscent of Caspar David Friedrich meeting industrial realism. Meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, PV panel framing, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.