Solar dominates at 44.6 GW under full overcast; 27.5 GW net export with persistent coal baseload.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 19%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 56%
Biomass 4%
Hydro 1%
Natural gas 2%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 12%
81%
Renewable share
16.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
44.6 GW
Solar
80.1 GW
Total generation
+27.6 GW
Net export
174.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.3°C / 15 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
142
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 44.6 GW dominates the scene as an enormous expanse of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across rolling central German farmland, covering more than half the composition; brown coal 9.3 GW appears as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers on the left, emitting thick white steam plumes; wind onshore 15.0 GW fills the mid-ground as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, blades rotating in moderate wind; hard coal 3.7 GW is rendered as a single large power station with conveyor belts and a tall chimney stack trailing grey smoke, positioned behind the cooling towers; biomass 3.5 GW appears as a modest wood-chip-fed plant with a low stack and steam wisp at center-right; natural gas 1.9 GW is a compact CCGT unit with a single gleaming exhaust stack near the coal plant; wind offshore 1.4 GW is barely visible as distant turbines on the far horizon; hydro 0.8 GW is suggested by a small dam and penstock at the far right edge. Time is 06:00 dawn in early September: the sky is a deep blue-grey pre-dawn light with no direct sun, a faint pale glow on the eastern horizon, 100% cloud cover forming a heavy unbroken pewter overcast that presses low and oppressive — reflecting high electricity prices. Temperature is a cool 15°C; vegetation is late-summer green beginning to hint at early autumn yellowing. The atmosphere is thick, humid, heavy. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — Caspar David Friedrich's atmospheric grandeur merged with meticulous industrial-engineering accuracy — rich dark palette of slate greys, muted greens, and ochre, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth receding into misty distance. No text, no labels.