Solar at 40.2 GW dominates under extreme heat; brown coal persists and elevated prices reflect pan-European cooling demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 4%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 71%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 2%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 8%
88%
Renewable share
4.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
40.2 GW
Solar
56.9 GW
Total generation
+2.9 GW
Net export
93.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
35.7°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 650.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
93
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 40.2 GW dominates the scene as an immense expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across the right two-thirds of the canvas, their aluminium frames glinting under blazing direct sunlight. Brown coal 4.7 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the motionless air. Biomass 3.7 GW appears as a mid-ground wood-chip combustion plant with low rectangular buildings and a single broad chimney trailing grey smoke. Wind onshore 2.3 GW stands as a small row of three-blade turbines on distant rolling hills, blades barely turning in the feeble breeze. Wind offshore 1.9 GW is suggested by tiny turbines on a hazy far-horizon line. Hydro 1.9 GW appears as a concrete weir and small powerhouse nestled in a narrow valley at far left. Hard coal 1.2 GW is a single compact power station with a tall stack beside the lignite towers. Natural gas 1.1 GW shows as a small CCGT unit with a slender exhaust stack, wisps of heat shimmer above it. The time is 4 PM on a scorching June afternoon: the sun is high-west, casting intense white-gold light with hard shadows; the sky is completely cloudless, a deep but heavy cerulean pressing down with an oppressive, shimmering haze near the horizon suggesting extreme heat at 35.7 °C. Vegetation is parched summer green, wheat fields turning gold, dry grass. The atmosphere feels thick and weighty — an elevated-price tension conveyed through haze and heat distortion over the landscape. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — rich impasto brushwork, luminous glazes, atmospheric depth and dramatic chiaroscuro — combined with meticulous engineering accuracy for every turbine nacelle, PV module, cooling tower and smokestack. No text, no labels.