Solar leads at 23.2 GW but windless conditions force heavy coal, gas dispatch and ~12.8 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 2%
Wind offshore 0%
Solar 48%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 18%
62%
Renewable share
1.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
23.2 GW
Solar
47.9 GW
Total generation
-12.8 GW
Net import
133.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
20.6°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
57.0% / 95.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
260
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 8.4 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into a hazy sky; hard coal 3.3 GW sits just to the right as a smaller coal plant with conveyor belts and a single rectangular stack trailing dark exhaust; natural gas 6.2 GW occupies the centre-left as two modern CCGT units with sleek cylindrical exhaust stacks emitting thin transparent heat shimmer; solar 23.2 GW fills the entire right half and stretches deep into the background as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels angled south, their blue-black surfaces reflecting a partially overcast sky; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a modest wood-clad generating station with a rounded silo and thin pale smoke near the centre; hydro 1.8 GW is a small concrete run-of-river weir with churning water in the middle distance; wind onshore 0.8 GW is represented by two or three distant three-blade turbines on a ridge, their rotors nearly still in the calm air; wind offshore 0.2 GW is a single tiny turbine visible on a far hazy horizon line suggesting the North Sea coast. Time is 08:00 on a June morning — full daylight but the sky is heavy and oppressive, about 57% covered in mid-level stratocumulus clouds tinged yellowish-grey to convey the high electricity price atmosphere, with patches of bright blue and direct sun rays breaking through in places to illuminate the solar fields. The landscape is a gently rolling German lowland with lush midsummer green vegetation, fields of ripening wheat, scattered deciduous trees in full leaf at 20°C warmth. The air is utterly still — no flags fluttering, no ripples on a small pond, no motion in the grass, emphasising the windless conditions. Transmission towers with high-voltage lines run across the scene from the eastern horizon toward the thermal plants, subtly suggesting the large import flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — rich saturated colour palette, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth with aerial perspective fading the background into haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower fluting, PV cell grid pattern, and smokestack rivet. The mood is weighty and industrious rather than serene. No text, no labels.