Diffuse solar dominates at 38.9 GW under heavy overcast; brown coal holds 10.3 GW as prices spike despite net exports.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 13%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 54%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 1%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 14%
76%
Renewable share
11.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
38.9 GW
Solar
71.7 GW
Total generation
+11.4 GW
Net export
200.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.6°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
91.0% / 5.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
183
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 38.9 GW dominates the entire foreground and middle ground as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across rolling September farmland, their blue-grey surfaces reflecting a flat overcast sky with no direct sunlight; brown coal 10.3 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising heavily into the grey clouds; hard coal 4.4 GW appears as a large coal-fired power station with rectangular chimney stacks and conveyor belts to the left of centre; wind onshore 9.2 GW fills the right middle distance as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers turning slowly in moderate breeze; wind offshore 2.0 GW is suggested by a line of turbines barely visible on the far-right horizon beyond a grey estuary; natural gas 2.8 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack emitting a thin heat shimmer, positioned centre-right; biomass 3.3 GW is rendered as a modest wood-clad industrial facility with a short smokestack and woodchip storage dome near the right foreground; hydro 0.8 GW is a small run-of-river weir with a low concrete dam visible along a stream at the bottom right. The sky is 91% overcast, a heavy uniform blanket of stratocumulus in pewter and dove grey, with full September morning daylight at 08:00 diffusing evenly across the scene—no visible sun disc, no shadows, but ambient brightness. The atmosphere feels oppressive and dense, reflecting the high electricity price. Vegetation is late-summer green beginning to hint at early autumn yellowing. Temperature is cool at 14.6°C, with a faint mist hugging the river. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art—rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective, deep tonal range from warm industrial oranges near the cooling towers to cool blue-greys in the PV fields and sky—with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, panel frame, and cooling tower curvature. No text, no labels.