Solar leads at 20.3 GW under overcast skies; 8.5 GW net imports and heavy thermal dispatch meet a 61.4 GW midday load.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 12%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 38%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 15%
66%
Renewable share
9.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
20.3 GW
Solar
52.9 GW
Total generation
-8.5 GW
Net import
92.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.8°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 148.2 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
237
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 20.3 GW dominates the foreground as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across flat farmland, their blue-grey surfaces reflecting a uniformly overcast white sky; brown coal 8.0 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic concrete cooling towers issuing thick white steam plumes; natural gas 5.0 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall slender exhaust stacks and thin heat shimmer; hard coal 4.7 GW sits behind the gas plant as a large coal station with a single tall chimney and conveyor belt leading to a coal pile; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a rounded wood-chip silo and moderate steam output on the right-centre; wind onshore 6.3 GW fills the right middle-ground as a line of eight three-blade turbines on lattice towers, blades turning gently in moderate wind; wind offshore 3.3 GW appears in the far distance as a cluster of turbines on the hazy horizon above a faint grey North Sea; hydro 1.3 GW is a small concrete dam and spillway tucked into a wooded hillside at far right. The sky is fully overcast at noon—flat, bright, diffuse white-grey light with no shadows, consistent with 100% cloud cover yet midday luminosity; early spring vegetation shows bare branches with pale green buds on birch and beech trees, wet brown fields, patches of young grass. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price: the air is thick, slightly hazy, the clouds low and pressing. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic landscape oil painting—rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with muted earth tones and cool greys, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower fluting, and PV panel frame, evoking Caspar David Friedrich crossed with industrial realism. No text, no labels.