Solar at 43 GW drives 9.1 GW net exports while coal and gas hold firm at elevated prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 7%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 63%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 9%
81%
Renewable share
7.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
43.0 GW
Solar
68.6 GW
Total generation
+9.1 GW
Net export
110.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
21.6°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
50.0% / 267.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
137
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 43.0 GW dominates the entire right two-thirds of the canvas as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling green summer farmland, their surfaces catching strong mid-morning light through broken cumulus clouds. Brown coal 6.3 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the humid air. Hard coal 3.5 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired station with a tall brick chimney and conveyor belts of dark fuel beside the cooling towers. Natural gas 3.3 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT facility with a gleaming single exhaust stack and modest heat shimmer, positioned left of centre. Wind onshore 4.8 GW appears as a line of widely spaced three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their rotors barely turning in the near-calm air. Wind offshore 2.5 GW is suggested by a handful of turbines visible on a hazy horizon line above a sliver of grey-blue North Sea at the far left edge. Biomass 3.9 GW is a modest timber-clad biogas plant with a rounded green digester dome and small smokestack near the village. Hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small concrete run-of-river weir on a stream in the middle ground. The sky is dramatic and heavy despite the sunshine — towering cumulus clouds with dark grey bases fill half the sky, creating an oppressive, humid atmosphere reflecting the high 110.8 EUR/MWh price. Bright August daylight at 10:00 AM illuminates the scene from the east-southeast; shadows are relatively short. Lush green summer vegetation, deciduous trees in full leaf, wildflowers along field edges, temperature around 22°C. Transmission towers with high-voltage lines cross the middle ground, connecting all sources. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro between sun-lit panels and cloud shadows — but with meticulous engineering accuracy for every technology. No text, no labels.