Solar at 48.1 GW and brown coal at 7.7 GW anchor a midday grid exporting 7.9 GW under clear skies.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 1%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 70%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 1%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 11%
80%
Renewable share
2.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
48.1 GW
Solar
68.6 GW
Total generation
+7.9 GW
Net export
73.1 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.4°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
2.0% / 245.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
145
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 48.1 GW dominates the scene as an enormous expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling central German farmland, covering roughly 70% of the canvas from the centre to the right, their aluminium frames glinting sharply under a nearly cloudless brilliant noon sun. Brown coal 7.7 GW occupies the left portion as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers rising above a lignite power station, thick white steam plumes drifting lazily in the still air. Natural gas 3.4 GW appears as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat haze, positioned just right of the coal plant. Hard coal 2.6 GW is rendered as a smaller conventional power station with a single rectangular stack and coal conveyor beside the gas units. Biomass 3.6 GW sits in the middle distance as a wooden-clad biomass facility with a modest chimney and stacked timber logs nearby. Wind onshore 0.7 GW appears as two solitary three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their rotors barely turning in the negligible wind. Wind offshore 1.5 GW is suggested by a faint line of turbines visible on the far northern horizon. Hydro 0.9 GW is depicted as a small concrete run-of-river weir with flowing water in the foreground valley. The sky is vast, nearly cloudless at 2% cover, a deep crystalline September blue with high atmospheric clarity, full midday illumination with short sharp shadows. The temperature of 12.4°C in late September is reflected in early-autumn vegetation: fields of stubble after harvest, trees just beginning to show faint amber edges on their green foliage, cool-toned grass. The moderate 73.1 EUR/MWh price is expressed through a subtly warm but not oppressive atmosphere—luminous but with a crisp, businesslike clarity. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth and carefully observed light, yet with meticulous modern engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, PV cell pattern, cooling tower curvature, and exhaust stack detail. No text, no labels.