Solar leads at 27.1 GW under full overcast; coal and imports cover a 9.4 GW generation shortfall at elevated prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 8%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 51%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 14%
72%
Renewable share
5.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
27.1 GW
Solar
52.7 GW
Total generation
9.5 GW
Net import
106.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
20.2°C / 15 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
204
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 27.1 GW dominates the right half and centre of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gently rolling farmland, their blue-grey surfaces reflecting a uniformly white overcast sky. Brown coal 7.3 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes that merge with the low cloud ceiling. Hard coal 4.1 GW appears just right of the lignite plant as a smaller coal station with a tall rectangular chimney and conveyor belts feeding dark fuel into a boiler house. Wind onshore 4.4 GW is represented by a modest cluster of three-blade turbines with white tubular towers on a ridge in the middle distance, blades turning slowly in light wind. Natural gas 3.4 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with a single polished exhaust stack and low rectangular heat-recovery units near the centre-left. Biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a single smoking stack in the middle ground. Hydro 1.6 GW appears as a small dam and spillway visible in a valley at the far left background. Wind offshore 0.9 GW is barely visible as tiny white turbines on the far horizon line. The sky is entirely covered by a thick, flat, featureless blanket of pale grey-white stratus clouds at 100% cover, with absolutely no direct sunlight or blue sky—yet the scene is brightly lit with the soft, diffuse, shadowless illumination of a midsummer late-morning overcast, 10:00 AM. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, with a slight yellowish tinge to the light reflecting the high electricity price. Vegetation is lush midsummer green—tall grasses, leafy deciduous trees, wildflowers—at 20°C. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich layered colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and haze, meticulous engineering detail on all industrial structures—turbine nacelles, lattice transmission towers, panel racking systems, cooling tower ribbing—rendered with the grandeur and solemnity of a masterwork landscape painting. No text, no labels.