Diffuse solar at 23.6 GW dominates under full overcast, with wind at 10.7 GW and brown coal at 4.4 GW filling the gap.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 13%
Wind offshore 10%
Solar 51%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 9%
84%
Renewable share
10.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
23.6 GW
Solar
46.5 GW
Total generation
1.8 GW
Net import
34.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
20.7°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
99.0% / 35.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
116
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 23.6 GW dominates the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across the entire centre and right side of the composition, covering rolling late-summer farmland; wind onshore 6.2 GW appears as clusters of three-blade turbines with white lattice towers on gentle hills in the middle distance right; wind offshore 4.5 GW is suggested by a line of larger turbines visible on a hazy horizon beyond a river; brown coal 4.4 GW occupies the left foreground as two massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the overcast sky, beside conveyor belts and a lignite pit; biomass 3.7 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a tall stack and woodchip storage yard in the left-centre middle ground; natural gas 1.6 GW is a compact CCGT unit with a single slim exhaust stack emitting a thin heat shimmer, tucked behind the biomass plant; hard coal 1.3 GW is a smaller coal-fired plant with a rectangular boiler house and single smokestack in the far left; hydro 1.1 GW is a small run-of-river weir with a powerhouse visible along the river in the lower foreground. The sky is entirely covered by a thick, uniform layer of grey-white stratus clouds at 99% cover, with full diffuse daylight at 16:00 casting soft, shadowless illumination across the landscape—no direct sun visible, but the scene is bright and evenly lit. The air is calm at 3.5 km/h, vegetation motionless, late-summer green fields with hints of early autumn yellowing at 20.7°C. The atmosphere is mild and undramatic, reflecting a moderate electricity price. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—rich colour palette of muted greens, slate greys, and warm ochres, visible textured brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective with soft haze in the distance—yet with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, PV panel frame, cooling tower curvature, and industrial structure. No text, no labels.