Solar leads at 33.4 GW under overcast skies; brown coal and gas fill the gap left by near-zero wind.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 2%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 58%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 18%
70%
Renewable share
1.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
33.4 GW
Solar
58.0 GW
Total generation
+3.2 GW
Net export
87.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.4°C / 1 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
88% / 200.2 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
222
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 33.4 GW dominates the right half and centre of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gently rolling farmland, angled south, catching diffuse grey-white light; brown coal 10.7 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes rising into the overcast; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a mid-sized wood-chip power plant with a tall stack and timber storage yard in the mid-ground left of centre; natural gas 3.9 GW is rendered as a compact combined-cycle gas turbine facility with a single tall exhaust stack and visible heat shimmer, positioned between the lignite plant and the solar fields; hard coal 3.0 GW sits behind the gas plant as a coal-fired station with conveyor belts and a single large chimney; wind onshore 1.4 GW is shown as a sparse handful of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their rotors barely turning; wind offshore 0.4 GW is a faint suggestion of turbines on a far horizon line; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small concrete dam with spillway in a wooded valley at far right. The time is 2 PM on a March afternoon: full daylight but heavily overcast with an 88% cloud layer creating a flat, bright yet oppressive white-grey sky — no blue visible, no direct sunbeam, but the landscape is well-lit with soft shadowless illumination. The atmosphere feels heavy and weighty, reflecting the elevated electricity price. Early spring vegetation: bare deciduous trees beginning to bud, patches of green grass, cool 12°C air suggested by light mist near the ground. The air is utterly still — no motion in grass, flags hang limp, smoke rises vertically. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, layered colour palette of slate grey, ivory, moss green, and industrial ochre; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric depth with haze softening distant objects; meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, every panel frame, every cooling tower curve. No text, no labels.