Solar leads at 36.8 GW under full overcast; brown coal adds 10.9 GW; Germany exports 8.6 GW at elevated prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 6%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 54%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 16%
72%
Renewable share
7.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
36.8 GW
Solar
67.6 GW
Total generation
+8.6 GW
Net export
132.1 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.4°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 61.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
211
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 36.8 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as vast rolling fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching to the horizon under a flat, heavy, fully overcast sky with diffuse white-grey light and no visible sun; brown coal 10.9 GW occupies the far left as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic concrete cooling towers trailing thick white steam plumes that merge into the low clouds; hard coal 5.3 GW appears just left of centre as a smaller coal plant with a tall brick chimney and conveyor belts feeding dark coal heaps; wind onshore 4.2 GW is a cluster of modern three-blade turbines on gentle green hills behind the solar fields, rotors turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 2.9 GW is suggested in the far background as a line of turbines barely visible through coastal haze; biomass 3.6 GW is a modest wood-clad power station with a short stack emitting pale exhaust near the centre-right; natural gas 2.8 GW is a compact CCGT plant with a single polished exhaust stack and minimal visible emissions tucked between the coal complex and the biomass station; hydro 1.2 GW is a small concrete dam with a river spillway in the lower-right foreground. The sky is entirely sealed with low stratus cloud at 100% cover, casting flat shadowless noon daylight across the landscape with no direct sun, giving the atmosphere a heavy, oppressive, muted quality reflecting the high 132 EUR/MWh price. September vegetation: fields still green but hinting at early autumn yellowing at the edges, temperature around 16°C suggesting cool moist air. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial realism — rich muted earth tones, visible confident brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, PV module frame, cooling tower flute, and smokestack rivet. No text, no labels.