Diffuse solar leads at 23.7 GW under heavy overcast, but weak wind and high demand force 17.7 GW of thermal generation and ~11 GW net imports.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 3%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 49%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 11%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 18%
64%
Renewable share
1.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
23.7 GW
Solar
48.5 GW
Total generation
11.1 GW
Net import
134.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.9°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
96.0% / 10.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
256
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 23.7 GW dominates the centre-right as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across flat farmland, their surfaces reflecting only dull grey light under a heavy overcast sky — no direct sunshine, no shadows. Brown coal 8.6 GW occupies the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes merging into the low cloud ceiling, adjacent to open-pit lignite mines with terraced brown earth. Natural gas 5.5 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT power plants with slender cylindrical exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer. Hard coal 3.6 GW sits behind the gas plants as a traditional coal station with rectangular boiler houses, conveyor belts, and a tall chimney with faint grey emissions. Biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-ground cluster of wood-chip-fed CHP plants with rounded storage silos and modest stacks. Hydro 1.3 GW appears as a concrete run-of-river weir on a small green river in the middle distance. Wind onshore 1.5 GW shows a sparse row of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their rotors barely turning in the still air; wind offshore 0.3 GW is a faint suggestion of two turbines on a hazy horizon line. The sky is a uniform, oppressive blanket of 96% stratiform cloud, bright but sunless — full July daylight at 08:00 Berlin time yet completely diffuse, no blue patches, no sun disk visible. The atmosphere feels heavy and pressurised, reflecting the 134.9 EUR/MWh price — humid, thick, claustrophobic. Temperature is a cool 13.9°C for July; vegetation is lush mid-summer green but subdued in the flat light, with wet-looking grass and dark deciduous trees. Transmission pylons march across the landscape carrying high-voltage lines toward the horizon, symbolising import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich layered colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and sfumato in the clouds — combined with meticulous engineering accuracy for every turbine nacelle, PV cell pattern, cooling tower curvature, and industrial structure. No text, no labels.