Solar leads at 33.7 GW but near-zero wind forces 18 GW of coal and gas dispatch, lifting prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 2%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 57%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 14%
69%
Renewable share
2.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
33.7 GW
Solar
59.1 GW
Total generation
+2.0 GW
Net export
93.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.6°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
97% / 253.8 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
219
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 33.7 GW dominates the scene as a vast expanse of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across rolling farmland in the right two-thirds of the composition, angled south, their glass surfaces reflecting a diffuse milky-white sky. Brown coal 8.4 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, beside a sprawling open-pit lignite mine with terraced brown earth. Hard coal 5.0 GW appears as a coal-fired power station with tall rectangular chimneys and conveyor belts feeding dark fuel, positioned left of centre. Natural gas 4.6 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and a smaller heat recovery unit, situated centre-left with a clean metallic silhouette. Biomass 3.9 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a modest smokestack, nestled among bare early-spring trees near the centre. Wind onshore 1.3 GW is represented by a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their rotors barely turning. Wind offshore 1.1 GW is suggested by a faint line of turbines on a hazy horizon beyond a river. Hydro 1.1 GW is a small run-of-river weir with white water spilling over a concrete dam in the near foreground. The sky is 97% overcast — a heavy, flat, pale-grey cloud ceiling stretching edge to edge — yet diffuse spring daylight at 3 PM illuminates the scene evenly without harsh shadows, a luminous but oppressive atmosphere suggesting the high electricity price. The landscape is early April in central Germany: leafless deciduous trees beginning to bud, fresh green grass on hillsides, patches of bare brown soil, temperature around 10°C with still, hazy air and no wind movement in the vegetation. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour palette of muted greens, industrial greys, warm browns, and pale sky tones — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective fading the distant cooling towers into haze, meticulous engineering detail on every installation. No text, no labels.