Solar dominates at 37.3 GW under overcast skies; coal and gas provide 21.4 GW as wind stalls near zero.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 1%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 57%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 1%
Natural gas 11%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 16%
67%
Renewable share
1.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
37.3 GW
Solar
65.1 GW
Total generation
+3.6 GW
Net export
141.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.4°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 3.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
229
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 37.3 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gently rolling farmland under heavy, uniform grey overcast — no sun visible, flat diffuse light; brown coal 10.6 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes that merge into the low cloud ceiling; natural gas 7.1 GW appears centre-left as a modern CCGT plant with paired exhaust stacks trailing thin grey exhaust; hard coal 3.7 GW sits behind the gas plant as a smaller conventional power station with a single tall chimney and coal conveyor; biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a modest wood-clad industrial building with a short stack and wispy smoke near the centre; hydro 0.9 GW appears as a small concrete dam and penstock on a wooded hillside in the far distance; wind onshore 0.7 GW and offshore 0.9 GW are represented by just two or three widely spaced three-blade turbines on lattice towers at the far right horizon, their rotors nearly motionless. The time is 10:00 AM in late September — full daylight but completely overcast, casting flat shadowless illumination across the landscape. Temperature is a cool 6.4°C; vegetation shows early autumn colours — yellowing birches, browning grasses, bare patches in harvested fields. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, echoing the high electricity price: low grey clouds press down on the industrial skyline, the air is thick and still. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich layered colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric perspective with hazy depth, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, panel frame, cooling tower curvature, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.