Solar provides 43 GW under clear skies while brown coal and gas persist, driving net exports of 2 GW.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 4%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 68%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 10%
81%
Renewable share
3.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
43.0 GW
Solar
63.0 GW
Total generation
+2.0 GW
Net export
100.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
22.7°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 413.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
137
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 43.0 GW dominates the entire centre and right of the composition as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across rolling farmland, angled southward, glinting intensely under a blazing midday sun. Brown coal 6.4 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes rising into the still air, with conveyor belts and open-pit mine terraces visible at their base. Biomass 3.8 GW appears as a medium-sized wood-chip power station with a single tall stack and timber storage yards in the left-centre middle ground. Natural gas 2.9 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a streamlined exhaust stack and modest heat shimmer, positioned between the coal complex and the solar fields. Hard coal 2.6 GW shows as a traditional brick power station with twin chimneys and thin grey exhaust, adjacent to the lignite plant. Wind onshore 2.2 GW appears as a small group of modern three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their rotors barely turning in the nearly still air. Wind offshore 0.9 GW is suggested by a faint line of turbines on the far horizon where a sliver of sea is visible. Hydro 1.1 GW is a small run-of-river weir with a powerhouse tucked into a wooded valley at the far right edge. The sky is completely cloudless, deep cerulean blue, with the July sun high and harsh, casting short sharp shadows. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the brightness — a slight amber haze near the horizon suggests heat and high electricity prices. Summer vegetation is lush: green fields of wheat and rapeseed stubble between solar arrays, deciduous trees in full dark-green canopy. Temperature 22.7 °C is conveyed through a summery warmth in the colour palette. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric perspective with depth from foreground solar panels to distant cooling towers. Meticulous engineering detail on all infrastructure. No text, no labels, no people prominent.