Solar at 35.9 GW and wind at 18.7 GW drive 84.6% renewables, creating 8.6 GW of net exports.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 22%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 51%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 10%
85%
Renewable share
18.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
35.9 GW
Solar
70.9 GW
Total generation
+8.6 GW
Net export
60.3 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.2°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 296.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
116
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 35.9 GW dominates the scene as a vast expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gently rolling farmland in the right half and center of the composition, their aluminium frames catching diffuse white light. Wind onshore 15.7 GW appears as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers arranged across the middle distance, their rotors turning steadily in moderate wind. Brown coal 7.1 GW occupies the left portion as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick columns of white steam rising into the overcast sky, adjacent to a lignite power station with conveyor belts and coal bunkers. Biomass 3.9 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a timber-clad facade and a single squat smokestack near the brown coal complex. Wind offshore 3.0 GW is suggested by distant turbines visible on the far horizon line. Natural gas 2.0 GW is rendered as a compact combined-cycle gas turbine facility with a sleek exhaust stack and heat recovery unit tucked between the coal plant and the wind turbines. Hard coal 1.9 GW appears as a smaller conventional power station with a tall brick chimney and coal storage yard beside the gas plant. Hydro 1.3 GW is a small run-of-river weir and powerhouse visible along a river in the foreground. The sky is completely overcast with a uniform blanket of pale grey stratus clouds, yet the scene is fully lit with bright diffuse daylight consistent with 10:00 on a July morning — no direct sun visible but strong ambient illumination. The landscape is lush midsummer green with tall grass, wildflowers, and full-canopied deciduous trees. The temperature of 16 °C is suggested by a slight coolness — morning dew still on the grass, figures in light jackets. The moderate price atmosphere is rendered through a neutral, slightly heavy overcast that presses gently on the scene without oppressiveness. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich layered colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and sfumato in the distant haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, PV panel junction box, and cooling tower fluting. No text, no labels.