Solar leads at 23.8 GW under full overcast; brown coal and gas fill the gap left by near-zero wind.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 1%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 52%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 23%
65%
Renewable share
0.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
23.8 GW
Solar
45.4 GW
Total generation
3.8 GW
Net import
143.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.3°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 5.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
258
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 23.8 GW dominates the middle ground as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across flat farmland, their surfaces reflecting only diffuse grey light under total overcast; brown coal 10.5 GW occupies the left third of the composition as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes that merge into the low cloud ceiling; biomass 4.3 GW appears as a cluster of smaller industrial facilities with cylindrical storage silos and modest chimneys producing thin smoke, positioned behind the solar fields; natural gas 3.2 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a tall single exhaust stack and rectangular turbine hall, placed centre-left; hard coal 2.1 GW appears as a smaller coal station with a single cooling tower and conveyor belts carrying dark fuel, set to the far left; hydro 0.8 GW is a small concrete run-of-river dam with a modest waterfall visible at the right edge; wind onshore 0.4 GW and wind offshore 0.3 GW are depicted as a handful of three-blade turbines on distant hills and a few offshore turbines barely visible on the far horizon, their rotors completely still in the calm air. The sky is uniformly overcast at 100%, heavy pewter-grey clouds pressing low with no sun disk visible, creating a flat oppressive atmosphere suggesting the high electricity price. Daytime at 10:00 provides full but muted ambient daylight — no shadows, no highlights, everything bathed in even grey luminance. The season is early October: deciduous trees along field edges show the first yellowing leaves against dark bark, the grass is still green but fading, temperature around 9°C suggested by a faint mist hovering low over the ground. The composition uses deep atmospheric perspective, with the coal complex looming large on the left trailing steam into clouds, the solar panels receding into the hazy middle distance, and the still turbines vanishing into the grey horizon. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour despite the grey palette, visible impasto brushwork in the clouds and steam, meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, PV module frame, cooling tower shell, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.