Solar leads at 32.5 GW under full overcast; brown coal holds 11.2 GW as net exports reach 10.3 GW.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 22%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 45%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 1%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 16%
75%
Renewable share
17.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
32.5 GW
Solar
72.2 GW
Total generation
+10.3 GW
Net export
123.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.3°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 99.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
189
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 32.5 GW dominates the foreground and middle distance as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across flat agricultural land, occupying nearly half the composition; brown coal 11.2 GW occupies the left quarter as a cluster of enormous hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into grey sky, beside conveyor belts and open-pit mine terraces; wind onshore 16.0 GW fills the right third as dozens of three-blade turbines on tall lattice and tubular towers spread across rolling green hills, blades turning gently in moderate breeze; hard coal 4.4 GW appears as a mid-sized power station with two tall stacks and a rectangular boiler house emitting thin grey smoke, placed behind the solar fields; natural gas 2.3 GW is a compact CCGT plant with a single sleek exhaust stack and modest heat shimmer, tucked between the coal plant and the cooling towers; biomass 3.4 GW shows as a wood-chip fired plant with a squat silo and low chimney trailing pale vapour, at the far right edge; wind offshore 1.5 GW is suggested by a line of turbines on the distant hazy horizon beyond a faint strip of sea; hydro 0.8 GW appears as a small dam and spillway in a shallow river valley at the far left. The sky is entirely overcast with a thick uniform layer of grey-white stratus at 10:00 AM in early September—full diffuse daylight, bright but shadowless, with no direct sunlight visible; the atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price, with a slightly yellowish tint to the cloud base. Vegetation is late-summer green beginning to show early autumn yellowing at the edges. Temperature is mild at 16°C. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting—rich colour palette of greys, muted greens, steel blues, and warm industrial oranges; visible impasto brushwork on the steam plumes and clouds; atmospheric perspective with haze softening distant turbines; meticulous engineering accuracy on every nacelle, panel frame, and cooling tower. No text, no labels.