Solar and wind lead at 18.4 GW combined, but 13.7 GW net imports are needed to meet 47.6 GW demand under overcast skies.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 21%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 29%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 13%
68%
Renewable share
8.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
10.0 GW
Solar
33.9 GW
Total generation
13.7 GW
Net import
169.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
26.7°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 177.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
230
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 10.0 GW dominates the centre-right as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gentle green hills under diffuse, flat light; wind onshore 7.0 GW fills the right third as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, rotors turning moderately in a steady breeze; brown coal 4.3 GW occupies the far left as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the overcast; hard coal 3.9 GW sits adjacent as dark-stacked power stations with conveyor belts and coal bunkers; biomass 3.8 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a rounded wood-chip silo and a single modest smokestack emitting thin grey exhaust; natural gas 2.7 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and heat-recovery unit near the coal plants; wind offshore 1.4 GW is visible as a distant line of turbines along the far horizon above a hazy strip of sea; hydro 0.8 GW appears as a small concrete dam with cascading water on the far right edge. Time is 18:00 in August — the sky is dusk-transitional, with a muted orange-red glow along the lower western horizon bleeding into heavy grey overcast above, creating an oppressive, warm atmosphere reflecting the high electricity price. The air feels thick and humid at 26.7°C; summer vegetation is lush and deep green but muted under the cloudy pall. The entire scene is rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich layered colour, visible expressive brushwork, atmospheric depth and haze — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, panel frame, cooling tower curvature, and industrial detail. No text, no labels.