Solar at 34.7 GW leads an 83% renewable hour, with brown coal providing 6.3 GW of baseload on a warm summer afternoon.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 12%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 60%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 11%
83%
Renewable share
8.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
34.7 GW
Solar
57.4 GW
Total generation
+0.3 GW
Net export
97.1 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
27.2°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
43.0% / 297.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
123
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 34.7 GW dominates the scene as a vast expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling farmland in the right two-thirds of the composition, their aluminium frames glinting under strong afternoon sun filtered through partial cloud. Brown coal 6.3 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting tall white steam plumes, with conveyor belts and open-pit terraces visible at their base. Wind onshore 6.6 GW appears as a line of modern three-blade turbines on ridgelines behind the solar fields, rotors turning slowly in light breeze. Wind offshore 1.6 GW is suggested by distant turbines on a hazy horizon line. Natural gas 2.2 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and modest heat shimmer, tucked between the coal complex and the solar fields. Hard coal 1.1 GW appears as a smaller conventional power station with a single smokestack, partially obscured behind trees. Biomass 3.5 GW is depicted as a mid-sized plant with a wood-chip storage dome and short chimney near the village edge. Hydro 1.4 GW is a small run-of-river weir with a powerhouse visible along a river winding through the foreground. Full afternoon daylight at 16:00 in July: sun high in the western quadrant, warm golden light, sky partly clouded at 43% with dramatic cumulus buildups casting dappled shadows, temperature 27°C conveyed through lush deep-green summer foliage, ripe wheat fields, and a slight heat haze over the landscape. The atmosphere feels heavy and somewhat oppressive despite the brightness, reflecting a high electricity price. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting—rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth with aerial perspective fading into blue-grey distance—yet with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, panel array, and cooling tower. No text, no labels.