Solar leads at 28.6 GW under overcast skies; coal and gas fill the gap as Germany net-imports 2.9 GW.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 7%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 53%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 10%
72%
Renewable share
4.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
28.6 GW
Solar
54.1 GW
Total generation
2.9 GW
Net import
149.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.9°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 246.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
193
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 28.6 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the composition as vast rolling fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching to the horizon across gentle green summer hills; brown coal 5.7 GW occupies the far left as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into heavy cloud; natural gas 5.1 GW appears as two compact CCGT power stations with tall single exhaust stacks and thin heat shimmer just left of centre; hard coal 4.3 GW stands beside the lignite plant as a smaller coal-fired station with a single rectangular boiler house and smokestack; wind onshore 3.8 GW is rendered as a scattered line of modern three-blade turbines on lattice towers along a distant ridge behind the solar fields, blades turning lazily in light wind; wind offshore 1.0 GW appears as tiny turbines on the far horizon suggesting a North Sea coast; biomass 3.9 GW is a modest wood-chip-fed plant with a green-roofed industrial building and a single low stack near the coal complex; hydro 1.6 GW is a small run-of-river weir and powerhouse visible along a river in the mid-ground. Time is 10:00 AM full daylight but under complete overcast — the sky is a uniform heavy blanket of grey-white stratiform cloud, diffuse light illuminating everything flatly without shadows, oppressive and close-feeling atmosphere reflecting the high 149 EUR/MWh price. Summer vegetation: lush dark green deciduous trees, wildflowers, crops at mid-growth. Temperature around 18 °C — humid, still air, no dramatic wind motion. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and mood, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every PV panel frame, every cooling tower's parabolic curve and concrete texture. No text, no labels, no people prominent.