Solar leads at 27.4 GW but low wind and 7.9 GW brown coal drive 7.8 GW net imports at elevated prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 4%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 55%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 16%
75%
Renewable share
5.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
27.4 GW
Solar
49.4 GW
Total generation
7.8 GW
Net import
156.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.9°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 276.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
184
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 27.4 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as vast rolling fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching to the horizon across gently hilled farmland; brown coal 7.9 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes; wind onshore 1.7 GW appears as a small cluster of three three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their rotors barely turning; wind offshore 3.4 GW is suggested by a line of turbines visible far on the hazy horizon beyond a river; biomass 3.6 GW is a medium-sized industrial plant with a tall corrugated metal silo and single smokestack with thin grey exhaust, positioned behind the solar fields; natural gas 2.3 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with twin exhaust stacks and low exhaust haze near the coal station; hard coal 2.0 GW is a smaller conventional power plant with a single large square chimney beside the brown coal complex; hydro 1.2 GW is a small concrete dam visible in a valley in the mid-ground. The sky is fully overcast with heavy, oppressive, low stratiform clouds in shades of pewter and slate grey, yet a diffuse brightness pervades from behind the cloud deck as it is 16:00 in late September—flat, even daylight without shadows. The atmosphere feels heavy and costly. Vegetation is early-autumn, with some yellowing leaves on deciduous trees and fading green grass. The painting is executed in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting—rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and aerial perspective, warm earth tones in the foreground giving way to cool blue-greys in the distance—but with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, lattice tower, PV module frame, cooling tower contour, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.