Solar leads at 22.8 GW under clear skies, but low wind and high demand drive 14.6 GW net imports.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 5%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 50%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 17%
69%
Renewable share
3.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
22.8 GW
Solar
45.5 GW
Total generation
14.6 GW
Net import
139.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.5°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 133.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
227
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 22.8 GW dominates the right half and centre of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels glinting under brilliant morning sunlight; brown coal 7.9 GW occupies the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes from a lignite power station; biomass 3.9 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with wood-chip silos and a single smokestack in the centre-left; natural gas 3.4 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT facility with twin exhaust stacks and visible heat shimmer beside the lignite plant; hard coal 2.9 GW shows as a traditional coal plant with conveyor belts and a tall chimney releasing a faint grey exhaust plume; wind onshore 2.2 GW appears as a small cluster of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge with rotors barely turning in the still air; wind offshore 1.4 GW is suggested by tiny turbines on the far horizon line; hydro 1.0 GW appears as a small dam with spillway in a forested valley at far left. The sky is completely cloudless, a deep summer blue with the sun low in the east casting long golden morning shadows across the landscape. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, with a faint industrial haze blurring the horizon — reflecting high electricity prices and system strain. Lush green midsummer vegetation covers rolling hills, wildflowers in meadows, deciduous trees in full leaf at 17.5°C. High-voltage transmission pylons march across the midground, cables sagging slightly, symbolizing the massive import flows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich saturated colour palette, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth and luminous morning light reminiscent of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, but with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower cross-section, and panel array. No text, no labels.