Solar (22.4 GW) and wind (18.3 GW) dominate under heavy overcast, with brown coal and gas providing thermal backstop at moderate prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 28%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 38%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 10%
79%
Renewable share
18.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
22.4 GW
Solar
58.9 GW
Total generation
+3.4 GW
Net export
78.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.0°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
97% / 56.5 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
147
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 22.4 GW occupies the broad central foreground as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across flat farmland, their glass surfaces reflecting a dull pewter sky; wind onshore 16.3 GW fills the right third and middle distance as dozens of three-blade turbines on tall lattice and tubular towers, rotors turning steadily in moderate wind; wind offshore 2.0 GW appears as a thin line of turbines on a distant grey horizon at the far right; brown coal 5.7 GW dominates the left background as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes; natural gas 4.2 GW sits centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with slender single exhaust stacks trailing thin vapour; hard coal 2.6 GW appears behind the gas units as a dark rectangular power station with a single squat chimney; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a timber-clad industrial plant with a modest stack near the left foreground, woodchip piles visible; hydro 1.5 GW appears as a small concrete weir and powerhouse tucked into a stream valley at the far left edge. The time is 16:00 in mid-April: full but flat daylight, the entire sky a heavy unbroken layer of grey-white stratocumulus at 97% cloud cover, only the faintest hint of brighter glow where the sun hides low in the west. Direct radiation is minimal—no shadows, no sun disc, a diffuse luminous grey light bathes everything evenly. Temperature is 8°C: early spring, bare deciduous trees with just the first pale-green buds, damp brown fields, patches of fresh grass. The atmosphere feels heavy and slightly oppressive, befitting a 78 EUR/MWh price—muted palette, thick humid air with a slight industrial haze around the coal towers. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—rich earthy colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro—yet every turbine nacelle, PV module frame, cooling tower hyperbolic curve, and CCGT exhaust stack is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy. No text, no labels.