Solar at 36.2 GW leads generation under clear skies; brown coal provides 9.2 GW of thermal baseload alongside light winds.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 4%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 57%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 14%
73%
Renewable share
5.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
36.2 GW
Solar
63.8 GW
Total generation
+2.2 GW
Net export
108.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
25.1°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 272.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
194
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 36.2 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as vast expanses of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gentle rolling farmland, their aluminium frames glinting under brilliant mid-morning sunlight. Brown coal 9.2 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the sky. Natural gas 4.3 GW appears as two compact CCGT plants with slender single exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer, positioned centre-left. Hard coal 3.7 GW is rendered as a single coal-fired station with a tall rectangular boiler house and conveyor belts, just left of centre. Biomass 3.9 GW appears as a modest wood-chip facility with a rounded silo and low steam vent near the centre-right. Wind onshore 2.4 GW is shown as a small group of three-blade turbines on distant hills at far right, their rotors nearly still. Wind offshore 2.5 GW is suggested by a faint line of turbines on a hazy horizon beyond a river or lake at far left. Hydro 1.7 GW is a small run-of-river weir with white cascading water in the lower foreground. The sky is entirely cloudless, a deep saturated blue with a high blazing sun casting sharp shadows. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the brightness — a warm haze shimmers above the solar fields, conveying the elevated price. Summer vegetation is lush, with green deciduous trees in full leaf and golden wheat fields between the panel rows, consistent with 25°C warmth in late June. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich saturated colour, visible textured brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, every PV cell grid line, every cooling tower's parabolic curve. No text, no labels.