Wind and fading solar lead generation but 16.8 GW net imports are needed to meet high summer evening demand.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 29%
Wind offshore 10%
Solar 37%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 7%
88%
Renewable share
15.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
14.8 GW
Solar
40.4 GW
Total generation
16.8 GW
Net import
135.1 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
28.8°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
69.0% / 102.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
88
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 14.8 GW dominates the right third of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gentle rolling hills, catching low-angle amber light; wind onshore 11.7 GW fills the centre-left as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers scattered across farmland, blades turning slowly in light breeze; wind offshore 4.0 GW appears in the distant background as a line of turbines along a hazy horizon suggesting the North Sea; biomass 3.7 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a tall stack and woodchip storage yard in the middle ground; brown coal 3.0 GW occupies the far left as two hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the sky; natural gas 1.8 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with a single exhaust stack beside the coal plant; hydro 1.2 GW is a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a forested valley at the left edge. The sky is a dusk scene at 18:00 in August — the sun is low on the western horizon, casting a warm orange-amber glow across the lower sky, with the upper sky transitioning to deeper blue; 69% cloud cover creates dramatic banks of cumulus clouds lit from below in copper and gold tones, with patches of blue visible between them. The atmosphere feels heavy, oppressive, and humid — a hot 28.8°C summer evening with haze and shimmer over the landscape, reflecting the high electricity price. Lush green summer vegetation, golden wheat fields, full deciduous tree canopies. High-voltage transmission lines with steel pylons cross the scene, subtly suggesting cross-border power flow. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich saturated colour palette, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric perspective with luminous depth, meticulous engineering detail on all turbine nacelles, rotor hubs, panel racking, cooling tower geometry, and exhaust stacks. No text, no labels.