Solar leads at 28.8 GW with brown coal at 10.2 GW; light winds and 3.5 GW net imports drive prices above 107 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 8%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 53%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 9%
Brown coal 19%
73%
Renewable share
5.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
28.8 GW
Solar
54.7 GW
Total generation
-3.5 GW
Net import
107.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.5°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
64% / 189.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
195
gCO₂/kWh
Records
#3
Furnace Hour
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Solar 28.8 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gentle rolling hills, their blue-black surfaces catching filtered afternoon sunlight; brown coal 10.2 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the sky; natural gas 4.7 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with sleek exhaust stacks and a single smaller plume positioned between the coal plant and the solar fields; wind onshore 4.5 GW is shown as a scattered line of eight three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles on a distant ridge, blades turning slowly in light breeze; wind offshore 1.3 GW appears as tiny turbines on the far horizon suggesting a North Sea coast; biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a medium-sized industrial facility with a tall chimney and wood-chip storage silos nestled among bare-branched early spring trees; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small concrete dam with a reservoir glinting in the middle distance. The sky is partly cloudy at 64% cover — broken cumulus clouds drift across a pale blue March afternoon sky at 14:00, with direct sunlight filtering through gaps and casting dappled shadows across the landscape. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the brightness, reflecting the high electricity price — a slight industrial haze hangs in the air, the steam plumes spreading and thickening the lower atmosphere. Vegetation shows early spring: bare deciduous trees with just the first pale green buds, brown-green meadows, patches of lingering winter grey. Temperature is mild at 16.5°C. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every panel frame, every cooling tower's parabolic curve and concrete texture. The scene conveys the tension between industrial might and renewable transformation as a grand panoramic industrial landscape masterwork. No text, no labels.