Wind and solar dominate at 35.5 GW combined; brown coal and gas cover residual load as Germany imports 3.7 GW.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 24%
Wind offshore 13%
Solar 35%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 9%
84%
Renewable share
15.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
14.6 GW
Solar
42.2 GW
Total generation
3.7 GW
Net import
43.2 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.9°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
6.0% / 149.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
110
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 14.6 GW fills the right third of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gentle green hillsides, glinting under strong morning sunlight from the east. Wind onshore 10.1 GW occupies the centre-right as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers across rolling farmland, blades turning steadily in moderate breeze. Wind offshore 5.3 GW appears in the far background as a line of turbines standing in a hazy North Sea visible on the distant horizon. Brown coal 3.6 GW dominates the left portion as a lignite power station with two massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes rising into the sky. Biomass 4.2 GW sits centre-left as a cluster of industrial biogas facilities with cylindrical digesters and modest exhaust stacks with thin vapour. Natural gas 2.4 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and clean lines, positioned between the biomass facility and the coal station. Hydro 1.3 GW is rendered as a small concrete dam and penstock structure nestled in a forested valley in the mid-ground. Hard coal 0.7 GW is a smaller conventional power station with a single square smokestack near the lignite plant. The sky is brilliant and nearly cloudless at only 6% cloud cover, with full morning daylight at 08:00 in July—low eastern sun casting long golden shadows across the landscape. Temperature is mild at 15°C; lush midsummer vegetation covers the hills, with deep green deciduous trees and golden wheat fields. The atmosphere is calm and luminous, not oppressive, reflecting a moderate electricity price. 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 aerial perspective with depth receding to the sea horizon, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, PV module frame, cooling tower shell, and exhaust stack. The painting conveys grandeur and quiet industrial sublime. No text, no labels.