Solar leads at 26.3 GW but a 9.3 GW net import fills the gap left by weak wind and strong demand.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 7%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 55%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 13%
76%
Renewable share
4.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
26.3 GW
Solar
47.5 GW
Total generation
9.3 GW
Net import
149.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.0°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
79.0% / 130.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
184
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 26.3 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gentle rolling hills, their blue-black surfaces catching diffuse afternoon light; brown coal 6.3 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into overcast sky; hard coal 3.8 GW sits left of centre as a dark industrial power station with tall rectangular chimneys and conveyor belts carrying black fuel; wind onshore 3.5 GW appears as a modest row of three-blade turbines with white lattice towers on a distant ridge, rotors barely turning in the still air; biomass 3.7 GW is rendered as a medium-sized wood-chip plant with a conical fuel silo and low exhaust stack amid trees in the centre-left midground; wind offshore 1.4 GW is suggested by a faint line of turbines on a hazy horizon beyond a river in the far distance; natural gas 1.4 GW appears as a small compact CCGT unit with a single polished exhaust stack near the coal station; hydro 1.1 GW is a modest dam with spillway tucked into a forested valley at far left. The sky is 79% overcast with layered grey-white clouds, but direct sunlight at 130 W/m² breaks through in shafts, casting warm amber-toned late-afternoon light across the panels — it is 4 PM in September, full daylight but muted and heavy, with a slightly oppressive atmospheric weight reflecting the high electricity price. Vegetation is late-summer green beginning to fade, temperature mild at 18°C, leaves on deciduous trees full but hinting at autumn. A network of high-voltage transmission pylons threads across the entire panorama, symbolising the heavy import flows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric perspective with haze softening distant cooling towers, luminous treatment of cloud edges where sunlight penetrates, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every PV module frame, every cooling tower's parabolic curve. No text, no labels.