Overcast solar leads at 27.4 GW; brown coal and gas fill gaps as calm winds force 9.2 GW net imports.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 3%
Wind offshore 0%
Solar 55%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 16%
70%
Renewable share
1.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
27.4 GW
Solar
49.4 GW
Total generation
9.2 GW
Net import
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Day-ahead price
26.1°C / 1 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 42.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
214
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 27.4 GW dominates the right half of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gently rolling farmland, their glass surfaces reflecting a flat white-grey overcast sky; brown coal 7.7 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes rising into the heavy clouds; natural gas 3.7 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with slim exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 3.3 GW sits behind the gas plant as a traditional coal station with a tall brick chimney and coal conveyors; biomass 3.6 GW is represented in the centre by a mid-sized plant with a rounded wood-chip silo and a modest stack; hydro 1.8 GW appears as a concrete dam and spillway in a forested valley in the far centre-right middle distance; wind onshore 1.7 GW shows as a small group of three-blade turbines on a ridge in the far right background, blades barely turning in the still air; wind offshore 0.2 GW is a faint silhouette of a single turbine on the distant hazy horizon. The sky is entirely overcast at 100% cloud cover, a uniform blanket of warm grey clouds diffusing the afternoon daylight at 16:00 in late June — bright but completely shadowless, no direct sun visible. The air is warm and humid at 26°C; lush midsummer vegetation — deep green deciduous trees, tall grass, wildflowers in the foreground. The atmosphere is calm, still, slightly hazy, with a placid quality matching a 0 EUR/MWh price. High-voltage transmission pylons stride across the middle ground, symbolising cross-border power flow. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective with depth — yet every technological element rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles, lattice towers, panel racking, cooling tower parabolic profiles, conveyor belts. No text, no labels.