Solar dominates at 18.1 GW under clear skies, but 14.9 GW net imports fill the gap as demand peaks.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 3%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 58%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 14%
78%
Renewable share
1.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
18.1 GW
Solar
31.5 GW
Total generation
14.9 GW
Net import
140.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
26.8°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 382.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
164
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 18.1 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across golden-stubble farmland, angled toward a low western sun; brown coal 4.3 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the sky; biomass 3.8 GW appears as a mid-ground industrial facility with cylindrical storage silos and a modest smokestack; natural gas 1.6 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and thin heat shimmer; hard coal 1.2 GW shows as a smaller coal plant with conveyor belts and a rectangular stack beside the brown coal complex; hydro 1.2 GW is a concrete dam with water cascading in the middle distance near a river valley; wind onshore 1.0 GW appears as a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, blades barely turning in light wind; wind offshore 0.3 GW is suggested by faint turbine silhouettes on a hazy far horizon. The sky is completely clear, zero clouds, a deep saturated blue overhead transitioning to warm amber and orange-red near the horizon as the sun descends toward 18:00 dusk — the light is intensely golden, casting long dramatic shadows eastward across the landscape. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, a heat haze shimmering above the solar fields and coal stacks, conveying the high electricity price. Summer vegetation is lush but dry, with parched grasses and deep green deciduous trees. High-tension transmission lines cross the scene, symbolizing the massive import flows. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated colour palette, visible impasto brushwork, luminous atmospheric depth reminiscent of Caspar David Friedrich merged with industrial realism. Meticulous engineering detail on all technologies: turbine nacelles, panel wiring, cooling tower ribbing, conveyor mechanisms. No text, no labels.