Solar leads at 23.6 GW with 15.3 GW wind; coal and gas firm residual load amid warm late-September demand.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 20%
Wind offshore 8%
Solar 43%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 10%
80%
Renewable share
15.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
23.6 GW
Solar
54.6 GW
Total generation
1.7 GW
Net import
148.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
26.7°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
48.0% / 261.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
148
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 23.6 GW dominates the right half as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling hills, angled toward a partly cloudy afternoon sun at roughly 35° elevation; wind onshore 10.8 GW fills the centre-right as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers dotting green-gold late-summer farmland, blades turning slowly in light breeze; wind offshore 4.5 GW appears in the distant background as a cluster of tall offshore turbines rising from a hazy horizon line; brown coal 5.4 GW occupies the left foreground as a pair of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, flanked by conveyor belts of dark lignite; hard coal 3.1 GW sits beside them as a smaller coal-fired plant with a single tall stack trailing grey smoke; natural gas 2.5 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with a slender exhaust stack and minimal visible emissions at the left edge; biomass 3.7 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a rounded dome and wood-chip storage yard near the coal complex; hydro 0.9 GW is a small dam and spillway in a wooded valley in the far left background. The sky is partly cloudy at 48% cover, with warm golden late-afternoon light at 16:00 casting long shadows eastward, cumulus clouds drifting across blue sky, sunlight strong but slightly hazy. The air feels heavy and warm at 26.7 °C, with lush but slightly yellowing September vegetation, meadow grasses and deciduous trees just hinting at autumn. The atmosphere is oppressive and dense, reflecting a high electricity price — humid golden haze thickening near the industrial structures. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting with rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective, meticulous engineering detail on every structure — turbine nacelles, panel racking, cooling tower reinforced concrete ribbing — evoking Caspar David Friedrich's grandeur applied to the industrial energy landscape. No text, no labels.