Solar leads at 22.8 GW under clear skies; brown coal and wind provide strong support as Germany exports 2.3 GW.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 14%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 37%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 17%
67%
Renewable share
12.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
22.8 GW
Solar
61.0 GW
Total generation
+2.3 GW
Net export
139.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.8°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 100.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
238
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 22.8 GW dominates the right half of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling green farmland, angled south, gleaming in full morning sunlight. Brown coal 10.1 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes against the sky. Wind onshore 8.8 GW appears as a dozen three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers scattered across gentle hills in the centre-left midground, blades turning slowly in moderate breeze. Natural gas 5.8 GW is rendered as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks and smaller rectangular buildings in the centre, thin heat shimmer rising from their outlets. Hard coal 4.5 GW sits adjacent to the lignite station as a smaller coal-fired plant with a single large smokestack and coal conveyors. Wind offshore 3.9 GW is visible in the far background as a line of white turbines on the hazy horizon suggesting a distant North Sea coast. Biomass 4.1 GW appears as a modest wood-clad biomass plant with a green-roofed silo to the right of the gas units. Hydro 1.1 GW is a small run-of-river weir and powerhouse beside a gentle stream in the foreground. The sky is completely cloudless, deep summer blue, with the sun low in the east casting long golden morning shadows across lush July vegetation—tall grass, wildflowers, mature deciduous trees in full leaf. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, with a slight haze on the horizon suggesting heat and high market tension. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, luminous atmospheric depth—yet with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, PV cell grid, cooling tower curvature, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.