Solar (23.6 GW) and wind (18.3 GW) dominate, but 4.7 GW net imports and fossil baseload meet cool March morning demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 20%
Wind offshore 11%
Solar 39%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 9%
78%
Renewable share
18.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
23.6 GW
Solar
60.6 GW
Total generation
-4.7 GW
Net import
80.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
4.5°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
73% / 84.5 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
148
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 23.6 GW dominates the right half of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gently rolling farmland, catching diffuse grey-white light through broken clouds; wind onshore 11.9 GW fills the upper-right background as dozens of three-blade turbines on tall lattice and tubular towers dotting hilltops and ridgelines, blades slowly turning in moderate breeze; wind offshore 6.4 GW appears in the far-right distance as a row of turbines rising from a hazy sea horizon; brown coal 5.3 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes and adjacent open-pit mine terraces; natural gas 5.0 GW sits left-of-centre as a compact modern CCGT plant with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin transparent heat shimmer; biomass 4.2 GW appears centre-left as a cluster of low industrial buildings with wood-chip silos and a modest smokestack; hard coal 2.9 GW stands behind the gas plant as a traditional brick power station with twin chimneys trailing grey smoke; hydro 1.2 GW is a small concrete dam and spillway visible in a valley at far left. The sky is a heavy 73% overcast March morning at 09:00—full diffuse daylight but oppressive, layered grey clouds with occasional brighter patches where weak sun penetrates, casting soft shadowless light across the landscape. Temperature is near freezing: bare deciduous trees with no leaves, brown dormant grass, patches of frost on shaded ground, early spring crocuses just emerging. The atmosphere feels heavy and slightly oppressive reflecting the 80 EUR/MWh price—industrial haze mingles with steam and cloud. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen—rich earth tones, visible confident brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth with layers of mist between foreground industry and distant wind farms, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every PV cell reflection, every cooling tower's parabolic curve. No text, no labels.