Solar leads at 14.7 GW under full overcast; 9.4 GW wind and 3.8 GW brown coal support, with 12.7 GW net imports filling the gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 10%
Wind offshore 15%
Solar 40%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 10%
82%
Renewable share
9.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
14.7 GW
Solar
36.3 GW
Total generation
-12.7 GW
Net import
30.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.2°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 27.8 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
128
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 14.7 GW dominates the right half of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across flat farmland under a uniformly overcast sky, their surfaces reflecting pale diffuse light; wind offshore 5.6 GW appears in the distant background right as a cluster of tall three-blade offshore turbines barely visible through coastal haze; wind onshore 3.8 GW occupies the centre-right as a row of modern white lattice-tower turbines with slowly turning rotors in gentle wind; biomass 4.2 GW sits in the centre as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and a single steady exhaust plume; brown coal 3.8 GW fills the left portion as two massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, with a conveyor belt carrying dark lignite visible at ground level; natural gas 2.1 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with a single polished exhaust stack and a thin heat shimmer beside the cooling towers; hydro 1.4 GW is represented by a small concrete dam and penstock on a forested hillside at far left; hard coal 0.6 GW is a modest older brick smokestack facility just visible behind the lignite plant. The time is 10:00 AM on an April morning — full daylight but completely overcast with a flat, heavy, dove-grey cloud ceiling pressing down uniformly with no breaks of blue; the light is even and cool with no shadows. Spring vegetation is emerging — pale green buds on deciduous trees, fresh grass in the foreground — and the temperature is cool at 8°C, suggested by figures in jackets. The atmosphere is calm and mildly oppressive, reflecting a moderate electricity price. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every panel frame, every cooling tower's parabolic curve and concrete texture. No text, no labels.