Solar at 39.5 GW leads generation alongside lignite and gas, driving 9.6 GW of net exports under clear October skies.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 4%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 60%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 13%
72%
Renewable share
3.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
39.5 GW
Solar
66.4 GW
Total generation
+9.6 GW
Net export
136.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.6°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
23.0% / 416.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
193
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 39.5 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as vast fields of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gentle rolling hills, their aluminium frames glinting in bright early-afternoon sunlight. Brown coal 8.7 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the sky. Natural gas 6.0 GW appears left-of-centre as a compact CCGT plant with tall slender exhaust stacks and thinner grey exhaust streams. Hard coal 3.6 GW sits behind the gas plant as a smaller conventional power station with a single large smokestack. Biomass 3.8 GW is rendered as a modest wood-clad industrial facility with a short chimney emitting faint pale smoke, nestled among trees at the edge of the solar fields. Wind onshore 2.8 GW appears as a small cluster of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, rotors nearly still. Wind offshore 0.9 GW is suggested by tiny turbines on a far hazy horizon line. Hydro 1.0 GW is a small dam and reservoir visible in a valley fold at the far right. The sky is mostly clear with only sparse high cirrus clouds covering roughly a quarter of the sky, brilliant direct sunlight casting sharp shadows. The atmosphere feels heavy and slightly oppressive despite the brightness — a warm haze shimmers over the panels, conveying the elevated price. Vegetation is early-autumn: green fields tinged with gold, some trees showing the first amber and copper leaves, temperature around 20°C. The lighting is full bright afternoon daylight from the south, warm but not harsh. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective — with meticulous technical accuracy for every energy installation. No text, no labels.