Solar leads at 30.6 GW but heavy thermal backup from lignite and gas fills the gap left by near-absent wind.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 4%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 47%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 18%
60%
Renewable share
3.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
30.6 GW
Solar
65.1 GW
Total generation
+3.0 GW
Net export
185.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.6°C / 1 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
87.0% / 12.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
274
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.9 GW occupies the left quarter of the scene as a sprawling lignite complex with four massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes; natural gas 9.8 GW fills the centre-left as three modern combined-cycle gas turbine plants with tall slender exhaust stacks and visible heat shimmer; solar 30.6 GW dominates the right half and middle ground as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gently rolling farmland toward the horizon, their surfaces reflecting the flat grey light; hard coal 4.4 GW appears behind the gas plants as a coal-fired station with a single large stack and conveyor belt; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a mid-ground wood-chip power station with a rounded silo and modest chimney trailing pale smoke; wind onshore 2.5 GW appears as a small cluster of three tall three-blade turbines on a distant hill, their rotors completely still; wind offshore 0.7 GW is suggested by two tiny turbines on the far horizon; hydro 1.0 GW is a small run-of-river weir with turbine house visible at the edge of a river in the foreground. The time is 10:00 AM in early October — full diffuse daylight but heavily overcast with a thick 87% cloud layer creating a flat, oppressive, steel-grey sky with no visible sun disk and no shadows; the atmosphere is heavy and brooding to reflect the high 185 EUR/MWh price. Temperature is 7.6°C: the vegetation is early-autumn with fading greens, first yellowing leaves on birch and beech trees, damp meadow grass. The air is perfectly still — no motion in leaves or grass. The landscape is flat central German lowland with gentle hills. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich, deep colour palette of slate greys, muted greens, rust-browns and ochres; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric perspective with misty depth; meticulous engineering accuracy on all infrastructure; the mood is contemplative and weighty, evoking Caspar David Friedrich's industrial sublime. No text, no labels, no human figures.