Solar supplies 45 GW under full overcast; coal and gas persist as Germany exports 7.7 GW net.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 7%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 66%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 8%
82%
Renewable share
6.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
45.1 GW
Solar
68.3 GW
Total generation
+7.7 GW
Net export
66.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.3°C / 8 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
128
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 45.1 GW dominates the centre and right of the composition as vast rolling fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching to the horizon, their glass surfaces reflecting a flat white-grey sky; brown coal 5.7 GW occupies the far left as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick steam plumes merging into the overcast; hard coal 3.2 GW appears as a darker industrial complex with a tall stack and conveyor belts just right of the cooling towers; natural gas 3.3 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a single sleek exhaust stack emitting a thin heat shimmer, positioned between the coal plants and the solar fields; biomass 3.6 GW appears as a mid-sized wood-chip plant with a modest smokestack and timber yard in the middle-left; wind onshore 4.8 GW shows as a cluster of three-blade turbines on a gentle ridge in the background right, rotors turning slowly; wind offshore 1.2 GW is suggested by tiny turbines barely visible on a distant grey sea horizon at the far right; hydro 1.3 GW is a small dam and spillway nestled in a forested valley at the painting's lower-left corner. Midday in July but under 99% cloud cover: the sky is a uniform, heavy blanket of pewter-grey stratus with no visible sun disc, diffuse light falling evenly with no shadows, giving a slightly oppressive but not dark atmosphere consistent with a 66.7 EUR/MWh price. Temperature 18°C: lush green midsummer vegetation — tall grasses, leafy deciduous trees, wildflowers — but no warmth in the light. Light wind barely stirs the grass. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines run diagonally through the scene, carrying exports. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich layered colour in muted greens, greys, and steel-blues, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth with haze softening distant elements, dramatic Romantic composition with the industrial landscape treated as sublime subject matter. Meticulous engineering detail on every technology: turbine nacelles with aviation lights, panel junction boxes, cooling tower reinforced-concrete ribbing, conveyor gantries. No text, no labels.