Solar leads at 32.7 GW under full overcast; brown coal and gas fill the 2.6 GW net import gap.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 8%
Wind offshore 0%
Solar 57%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 12%
75%
Renewable share
4.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
32.7 GW
Solar
57.2 GW
Total generation
2.6 GW
Net import
110.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
23.1°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 444.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
173
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 32.7 GW dominates the scene as an immense field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across the entire right half and foreground, angled south on metal racks, their blue-grey surfaces reflecting a flat white overcast sky. Brown coal 6.7 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes that merge with the cloud layer, flanked by conveyor belts and lignite stockpiles. Natural gas 4.3 GW appears as two compact CCGT power plants with tall narrow exhaust stacks and horizontal heat-recovery units, positioned centre-left with thin transparent exhaust rising. Wind onshore 4.7 GW is represented by a line of eight three-blade turbines on lattice towers along a green ridge in the mid-ground, blades turning slowly in light wind. Hard coal 3.1 GW shows as a smaller classical coal plant with a single large chimney and rectangular boiler house, to the far left. Biomass 3.6 GW appears as a wood-chip facility with a conical storage dome and a modest smokestack near the centre. Hydro 1.9 GW is a small dam with spillway visible in a valley at far right. Wind offshore 0.3 GW is barely visible as a few tiny turbines on the distant horizon. The sky is entirely overcast at 100% cloud cover, a uniform bright grey-white ceiling, yet midday July light (13:00 Berlin time) illuminates the landscape fully with soft, shadowless diffused daylight. Temperature is warm—lush green summer vegetation, tall grasses, wildflowers. The atmosphere feels heavy, oppressive, and slightly hazy, reflecting the high electricity price. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting—visible impasto brushwork, rich colour depth, atmospheric perspective with distant cooling towers fading into mist, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, PV cell pattern, and industrial structure. No text, no labels.