Solar leads at 29.4 GW under full overcast; brown coal and gas fill a tight supply gap in peak summer heat.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 12%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 56%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 13%
78%
Renewable share
6.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
29.4 GW
Solar
52.3 GW
Total generation
3.3 GW
Net import
120.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
31.4°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 157.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
165
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 29.4 GW dominates the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across the entire right half and centre-right of the composition, their blue-grey surfaces reflecting a bright but completely overcast white sky. Brown coal 7.0 GW occupies the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes that merge with the low cloud ceiling. Wind onshore 6.0 GW appears as a line of tall three-blade turbines on a distant ridge behind the solar fields, rotors turning slowly in light breeze. Biomass 3.7 GW is represented by a mid-ground wood-chip power station with a modest stack and small steam wisp, surrounded by timber storage. Hard coal 2.4 GW sits beside the brown coal complex as a single large boiler house with conveyor belts and a dark exhaust stack. Natural gas 2.2 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and clean metallic turbine housing, positioned between the coal complex and the solar fields. Hydro 1.2 GW is a small dam with spillway visible in a valley at the far left edge. Wind offshore 0.3 GW is barely visible as tiny turbines on a hazy horizon line. The sky is uniformly overcast with thick white-grey stratus clouds, fully diffuse bright daylight at 4 PM in summer — no direct sun visible, no shadows, a hot oppressive haze hanging over the landscape suggesting 31 °C heat. The air feels heavy and humid. Vegetation is lush midsummer green but wilting slightly in the heat — ripe wheat fields, dark deciduous trees in full leaf. The overall atmosphere is dense and weighty, conveying high electricity prices and tight margins. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric perspective with hazy depth, warm ochre and grey tones, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine blade, panel frame, and cooling tower rib. No text, no labels.