Solar and wind dominate at 54.6 GW combined, driving 16.4 GW net exports despite persistent thermal generation.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 26%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 47%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 8%
86%
Renewable share
22.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
32.5 GW
Solar
69.8 GW
Total generation
+16.4 GW
Net export
96.2 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
28.6°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 180.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
105
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 32.5 GW dominates the centre-right as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across rolling agricultural land, their surfaces reflecting diffuse grey-white light; wind onshore 17.8 GW fills the far right and background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, blades slowly rotating in moderate breeze; wind offshore 4.3 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines visible on a hazy horizon line; brown coal 5.2 GW occupies the left foreground as a large lignite power station with three hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes; hard coal 2.5 GW sits just right of the brown coal complex as a smaller conventional plant with a single tall chimney and coal conveyor belts; natural gas 2.3 GW appears as a compact modern CCGT facility with a single gleaming exhaust stack and minimal emissions beside the coal plants; biomass 3.5 GW is rendered as a mid-ground wood-chip-fed plant with a rounded storage dome and a modest smokestack; hydro 1.6 GW shows as a small run-of-river weir with water cascading in the lower-left corner. The sky is entirely overcast with a heavy, oppressive blanket of warm grey clouds pressing down, yet the scene is fully lit with bright diffuse afternoon daylight at 16:00 — no direct sun visible, no shadows, but high overall luminance. The air feels thick and hot at 28.6°C; vegetation is lush deep-green late-summer foliage, grasses slightly dry at the tips. The atmosphere carries a hazy, humid weight suggesting high prices and export pressure. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich saturated colour palette of greens, greys, and ochres, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective with depth receding into haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every panel frame, every cooling tower's parabolic curve. No text, no labels.