Solar leads at 25.2 GW but 8.3 GW net imports and firm thermal dispatch drive prices to 109.5 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 11%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 45%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 13%
68%
Renewable share
7.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
25.2 GW
Solar
56.3 GW
Total generation
-8.3 GW
Net import
109.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.2°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
55% / 359.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
215
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 25.2 GW dominates the foreground and right half of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels angled toward a high midday sun, their blue-black surfaces glinting under partly cloudy skies. Brown coal 7.5 GW occupies the left background as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into broken cumulus clouds. Natural gas 6.8 GW appears as a cluster of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, positioned left of centre. Wind onshore 6.1 GW is rendered as a line of tall three-blade turbines with white nacelles on lattice-free tubular towers along a gentle ridge in the centre-right middle distance, blades turning slowly. Biomass 4.1 GW appears as a modest wood-clad industrial plant with a short smokestack and wood-chip storage silos, tucked at the far right middle ground. Hard coal 3.5 GW is a single large coal plant with a rectangular boiler house and one tall brick chimney trailing grey smoke, positioned behind the cooling towers on the far left. Wind offshore 1.6 GW is suggested by a faint row of turbines on a hazy horizon line at the far back right, barely visible through atmospheric haze. Hydro 1.5 GW appears as a small concrete dam with spillway water visible in a valley at the far right edge. The lighting is full bright midday with the sun at high elevation, roughly 55 percent cloud cover creating dappled shadows across the landscape — patches of brilliant direct sunlight alternating with soft grey cloud shadows. The atmosphere feels heavy and slightly oppressive, with a warm haze near the thermal plants reflecting the high electricity price. Spring vegetation: fresh pale-green grass, budding deciduous trees, patches of yellow rapeseed in the distance. Temperature around 11°C suggested by jackets on tiny figures near the solar farm. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective receding through multiple layers, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, every panel frame, every cooling tower curve. No text, no labels.