Solar (39.4 GW) and wind (21.6 GW) dominate midday generation at nearly 80% renewables, with substantial thermal backup persisting.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 23%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 48%
Biomass 4%
Hydro 1%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 8%
80%
Renewable share
21.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
39.4 GW
Solar
82.5 GW
Total generation
+82.5 GW
Net export
104.3 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.2°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
88.0% / 244.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
142
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 39.4 GW dominates the centre and right of the composition as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across rolling late-summer farmland, their blue-grey surfaces catching diffuse light through overcast skies. Wind onshore 18.9 GW fills the upper background as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers dotting distant green hills, blades turning slowly in light wind. Wind offshore 2.7 GW appears as a small cluster of turbines on the far horizon line. Brown coal 6.4 GW occupies the left background as a pair of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the grey sky. Hard coal 5.2 GW sits beside them as a coal-fired station with tall rectangular stacks and conveyor belts. Natural gas 5.2 GW appears as compact CCGT units with slim exhaust stacks and a thin heat shimmer, positioned left of centre. Biomass 3.5 GW is rendered as a modest wood-clad CHP plant with a small smokestack near the midground. Hydro 1.2 GW appears as a small run-of-river weir with a powerhouse nestled along a stream in the lower-left foreground. The sky is 88% overcast with layered grey-white clouds, but patches of brighter light break through, casting soft diffuse illumination consistent with midday in early September — no harsh shadows, yet clearly full daylight. The atmosphere feels heavy and slightly oppressive, reflecting the 104.3 EUR/MWh price: the clouds press low, the air thick and warm at 19°C, with late-summer green foliage beginning to show hints of early autumn. Vegetation is lush but slightly tired. The entire scene is rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective with haze softening the distant industrial structures. Each technology is depicted with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, panel racking, cooling tower parabolic profiles, coal conveyor infrastructure. No text, no labels.