Solar leads at 12.2 GW but 18.7 GW net imports needed as morning demand outstrips domestic generation.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 9%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 31%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 22%
58%
Renewable share
4.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
12.2 GW
Solar
39.0 GW
Total generation
-18.6 GW
Net import
146.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.8°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
15.0% / 43.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
300
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 12.2 GW dominates the right third of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels catching the first low-angle golden light of early morning; brown coal 8.6 GW occupies the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the sky; natural gas 5.1 GW appears centre-left as compact CCGT plant blocks with tall single exhaust stacks trailing thin heat shimmer; wind onshore 3.5 GW is rendered as a line of three-blade turbines on gentle hills in the centre-right middle distance, rotors turning slowly in light breeze; biomass 3.8 GW appears as a modest timber-clad plant with a short smokestack amid stacked wood chip piles in the centre; hard coal 2.9 GW shows as a dark angular coal-fired station with conveyor belts and a single large chimney just behind the lignite towers; wind offshore 1.2 GW is suggested by tiny turbines on the far horizon above a faint coastal haze; hydro 1.7 GW is a reservoir dam visible in a green valley in the far right background. Time is 07:00 dawn in late June: the sky is pale blue-grey transitioning to warm peach-gold on the eastern horizon, the sun not yet fully risen, long shadows stretching westward across the landscape. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear 15% cloud cover, conveying the tension of a 146 EUR/MWh price — a faint amber haze hangs over the thermal plants. Temperature is a mild 19.8°C; vegetation is lush midsummer green, wildflowers in meadows between solar arrays. High-voltage transmission pylons with thick cable bundles recede into the distance, symbolising heavy cross-border import flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial realism — rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective, dramatic chiaroscuro from the rising sun. Every technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles, lattice towers, cooling tower hyperbolic curvature, PV panel grid patterns. No text, no labels.