Solar at 39.4 GW and wind at 21.2 GW dominate under full overcast, with lignite providing 6.2 GW of baseload.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 25%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 53%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 1%
Natural gas 1%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 8%
87%
Renewable share
21.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
39.4 GW
Solar
74.7 GW
Total generation
+74.7 GW
Net export
134.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
21.8°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 76.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
98
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 39.4 GW dominates the foreground and middle ground as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gentle rolling hills, their blue-grey surfaces reflecting a bright but entirely overcast white sky — no direct sun visible, only diffuse silvery light at 16:00 in full daylight. Wind onshore 18.9 GW fills the mid-ground and right side of the composition as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, rotors turning steadily in moderate breeze, scattered among green late-summer farmland. Wind offshore 2.3 GW appears in the distant far right as a thin line of turbines on the hazy horizon above a sliver of grey sea. Brown coal 6.2 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes that merge with the overcast ceiling, adjacent to conveyor belts and open-pit terracing. Hard coal 2.5 GW sits just right of centre-background as a smaller coal plant with a tall chimney stack and two cooling towers with thinner plumes. Biomass 3.5 GW appears as a wood-clad industrial facility with a modest smokestack near the left-centre middle ground, small woodchip piles visible. Hydro 1.1 GW is a small run-of-river weir and powerhouse nestled in a wooded valley at the left edge. Natural gas 0.8 GW is a compact single-stack CCGT unit partially hidden behind trees at centre-left, barely visible but present. The sky is heavy, completely overcast at 100% cloud cover, creating an oppressive, pressurised atmosphere reflecting the high 134.4 EUR/MWh price — no blue sky visible, a uniform blanket of warm grey-white clouds. The landscape is lush late-summer green with mature deciduous trees in full leaf at 21.8°C, crops near harvest. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, saturated earth tones, dramatic atmospheric depth, visible impasto brushwork, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every PV module frame, every cooling tower's concrete ribbing. No text, no labels.