Diffuse solar and strong wind drive 82% renewables with 10.9 GW net export despite full overcast.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 27%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 42%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 5%
82%
Renewable share
21.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
27.6 GW
Solar
65.8 GW
Total generation
+10.9 GW
Net export
127.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.7°C / 15 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 2.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
120
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 27.6 GW dominates the centre and right of the composition as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across rolling central German farmland, their surfaces reflecting a flat, pearl-grey overcast sky with no direct sunlight; wind onshore 17.7 GW fills the upper background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, blades turning moderately in the breeze, spread across green hills; wind offshore 3.7 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on the far horizon; natural gas 4.3 GW is rendered as a pair of compact CCGT power plants with slender exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, positioned left of centre; hard coal 3.8 GW appears as a coal-fired station with a tall main stack and conveyor belt, to the far left; brown coal 3.6 GW sits at the far left edge as a pair of hyperbolic cooling towers with gentle white steam plumes drifting in the wind; biomass 3.5 GW is a modest wood-chip plant with a short stack and timber yard beside it, nestled among trees; hydro 1.5 GW is a small run-of-river weir with churning water visible in the lower-left corner. The sky is entirely overcast with thick, low, oppressive stratiform clouds in heavy grey-white tones, creating a diffuse flat midday light at 14:00 with no shadows — the atmosphere feels dense and weighty, reflecting the high electricity price. Vegetation is lush high-summer green, grasses tall, trees fully leafed. The air carries a sense of humid warmth at nearly 20°C. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — rich, layered colour palette of greens, steel greys, and muted silvers, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective creating depth across the wide panoramic scene. Each technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles, rotor hubs, panel wiring, cooling tower parabolic curves, conveyor structures. The painting evokes both industrial grandeur and the quiet power of a landscape working at full capacity under a brooding sky. No text, no labels.