Solar leads at 30.6 GW under full overcast; lignite, coal, and gas cover the 4.3 GW net import gap.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 11%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 56%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 12%
78%
Renewable share
6.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
30.6 GW
Solar
54.7 GW
Total generation
4.3 GW
Net import
96.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
23.6°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 169.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
164
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 30.6 GW dominates the scene: vast expanses of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gently rolling central German farmland, covering more than half the composition, their glass surfaces reflecting a bright but entirely overcast white-grey sky. Brown coal 6.7 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the heavy clouds, alongside conveyor belts and open-pit mine terraces. Wind onshore 5.9 GW appears as a scattered line of modern three-blade turbines on distant ridges, their rotors turning slowly in light breeze. Hard coal 3.0 GW sits as a dark industrial complex with tall rectangular boiler houses and a single tall stack emitting grey-brown exhaust, positioned left of centre. Natural gas 2.4 GW is rendered as a compact combined-cycle gas turbine plant with sleek exhaust stacks and a small cooling unit, mid-ground centre-left. Biomass 3.5 GW appears as a mid-sized facility with a domed digester and wood-chip storage silos near a tree line, right of centre. Hydro 1.7 GW is a modest weir and run-of-river turbine house along a small river winding through the foreground. Wind offshore 0.8 GW is barely suggested as tiny turbine silhouettes on the far horizon. The lighting is full summer daytime at 3 PM but entirely diffused—no shadows, no direct sun, a bright yet flat milky white sky pressing down oppressively, creating a heavy humid atmosphere reflecting the high electricity price. Temperature 23.6 °C: lush dark-green deciduous foliage, tall summer grasses, wildflowers. The air feels thick and warm. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial modernity—rich colour palette of greens, greys, and muted whites, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every PV cell edge, every cooling tower's hyperbolic curve. No text, no labels.