Wind and diffuse solar dominate under full overcast; lignite holds baseload as Germany net-imports 1.8 GW.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 26%
Wind offshore 9%
Solar 41%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 9%
85%
Renewable share
21.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
25.2 GW
Solar
61.4 GW
Total generation
1.8 GW
Net import
90.3 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.2°C / 17 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
99.0% / 15.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
110
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 25.2 GW fills the centre-right as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across flat farmland, their surfaces reflecting a uniformly grey sky with no direct sunlight; wind onshore 16.1 GW occupies the right third as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, rotors turning briskly in moderate wind across rolling green hills; wind offshore 5.3 GW appears in the far-right background as a cluster of turbines on the hazy horizon above a sliver of grey North Sea; brown coal 5.6 GW dominates the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes that merge with the overcast; biomass 4.1 GW sits left of centre as a wood-chip-fed industrial plant with a modest stack and steam wisps; natural gas 2.3 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and small visible heat shimmer; hard coal 1.4 GW is a smaller conventional power station with a single rectangular cooling tower behind the lignite complex; hydro 1.3 GW is a concrete run-of-river weir visible along a tree-lined river in the mid-ground. Full daylight at 10:00 AM but entirely diffused through 99% cloud cover — flat, heavy, bright-grey sky with no sun disk visible, no shadows on the ground, an oppressive milky atmosphere suggesting elevated electricity prices. July vegetation is lush deep green, grasses tall, wildflowers along field margins. Temperature is cool for summer, suggested by a slight mist near the river. The scene is composed as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective fading into grey distance, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every panel frame, every cooling tower's parabolic curve, every rivet on the gas plant stack. Mood is contemplative and industrially sublime. No text, no labels.