Diffuse solar leads at 26.5 GW alongside 20.8 GW of thermal generation under heavy overcast, with 3.9 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 5%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 45%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 18%
64%
Renewable share
6.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
26.5 GW
Solar
58.6 GW
Total generation
-3.9 GW
Net import
96.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.5°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
95% / 48.8 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
254
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 26.5 GW dominates the centre-right as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across flat agricultural land, catching dim diffuse light under a heavy overcast sky; brown coal 10.7 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic concrete cooling towers trailing thick white steam plumes into the grey air; natural gas 5.6 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with tall narrow exhaust stacks and a single smaller cooling tower positioned left-of-centre; hard coal 4.5 GW sits behind as a gritty coal-fired plant with a large rectangular boiler house and a tall square chimney emitting faint haze; biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a modest wood-chip-fed power station with a domed silo and low stack near the right edge; wind offshore 3.6 GW appears as a distant row of three-blade turbines on the far horizon, their rotors barely turning; wind onshore 2.7 GW shows as a small cluster of lattice-towered turbines with three-blade rotors on a low hill, nearly still; hydro 1.1 GW is a small run-of-river weir with a low concrete dam visible along a grey river in the foreground. Time is 1 PM in mid-March: full daylight but no direct sun whatsoever, the entire sky a uniform oppressive blanket of thick grey stratus clouds pressing low, creating a heavy claustrophobic atmosphere consistent with a high electricity price. Temperature 7.5 °C: bare deciduous trees with only the faintest hint of early spring buds, dull brown dormant grass, patches of mud. The landscape is flat central German terrain. Light is flat and diffuse with no shadows. The mood is weighty and industrial. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich muted earth tones, ochres, slate greys, and cold greens — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with haze softening the distant cooling towers and offshore turbines, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, PV panel frame, and cooling tower ribbing. No text, no labels.