Solar leads at 24.6 GW under overcast skies, but high thermal dispatch and net imports signal tight supply at 176.9 EUR/MWh.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 5%
Wind offshore 0%
Solar 50%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 17%
65%
Renewable share
2.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
24.6 GW
Solar
48.7 GW
Total generation
7.2 GW
Net import
176.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.6°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
79.0% / 143.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
250
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 24.6 GW dominates the centre and right of the composition as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling farmland, catching muted diffuse light through heavy cloud; brown coal 8.5 GW occupies the far left as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the overcast; natural gas 4.8 GW appears left-of-centre as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer; hard coal 3.8 GW sits behind the gas plant as a traditional coal station with rectangular boiler houses and a pair of tall chimneys trailing grey smoke; biomass 3.5 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a modest stack; wind onshore 2.2 GW appears as a small cluster of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, blades turning slowly; hydro 1.1 GW is suggested by a concrete dam and spillway in a far valley; wind offshore 0.2 GW is barely visible as tiny turbine silhouettes on a hazy horizon line. The sky is 79% overcast with layered stratocumulus clouds in grey and slate-blue, but with filtered late-afternoon daylight at 16:00 in September — warm but diffuse illumination angling from the west, occasional breaks revealing pale golden light. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting high electricity prices. Vegetation is early-autumn with fields of stubble and trees just beginning to turn amber and russet at 16.6°C. Gentle air barely stirs the grass. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, deep colour palette, visible layered brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, PV module frame, cooling tower curve, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.