Solar at 41.5 GW drives 80% renewable share; brown coal and gas provide thermal backstop at moderate summer demand.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 7%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 64%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 12%
80%
Renewable share
5.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
41.5 GW
Solar
65.1 GW
Total generation
+3.8 GW
Net export
83.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.0°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
51.0% / 252.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
147
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 41.5 GW dominates the composition, filling the entire right half and foreground with vast rolling hillsides covered in aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels, their blue-black surfaces gleaming under mid-morning daylight. Brown coal 7.8 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes rising into the sky. Wind onshore 4.3 GW appears as a line of seven modern three-blade turbines on lattice towers along a distant ridgeline, blades turning slowly in light breeze. Biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial plant with a cylindrical silo, conveyor belts carrying wood chips, and a modest smokestack with thin grey exhaust. Natural gas 2.8 GW sits as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and visible heat shimmer near the brown coal complex. Hard coal 2.4 GW appears as a smaller conventional power station with a rectangular boiler house and twin chimneys beside a coal stockpile. Wind offshore 1.2 GW is glimpsed as tiny turbines on the far horizon suggesting a distant North Sea coast. Hydro 1.2 GW is shown as a small dam with cascading water at the far left edge. The sky is half-covered with cumulus clouds, bright mid-morning July sunlight breaking through in dramatic shafts, temperature mild at 16°C with lush green summer vegetation—deciduous trees in full leaf, wildflower meadows. The atmosphere carries a slightly heavy, hazy quality reflecting the moderately high electricity price. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting—rich saturated colours, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, panel frame, and cooling tower curve. No text, no labels.