Solar leads at 21.1 GW but fading fast; brown coal and gas ramp as 4.6 GW net imports bridge the evening gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 22%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 41%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 12%
76%
Renewable share
12.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
21.1 GW
Solar
51.2 GW
Total generation
-4.6 GW
Net import
69.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.7°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
97% / 217.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
168
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 21.1 GW dominates the right half of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gentle rolling farmland; brown coal 6.2 GW occupies the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the overcast; natural gas 4.2 GW appears as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer just left of centre; biomass 4.3 GW is represented by a mid-ground industrial biomass plant with a domed storage silo and modest chimney trailing pale smoke; wind onshore 11.4 GW fills the centre-right middle distance as two dozen three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, rotors turning slowly in light breeze; wind offshore 0.6 GW appears as a tiny cluster of turbines barely visible on the far horizon; hard coal 2.0 GW is a single smaller power station with a rectangular stack and coal conveyor visible at far left; hydro 1.4 GW is suggested by a small concrete dam with spillway in the left middle distance among forested hills. The sky is 97% overcast with a heavy, oppressive blanket of grey stratus clouds, but a narrow band of orange-red dusk glow bleeds along the lower western horizon at left — it is 17:00 in Berlin, early dusk, with rapidly fading light casting long amber-grey tones across the landscape. The temperature is a cool 12.7°C spring evening: fresh green deciduous foliage on trees, early wildflowers in meadow edges, damp atmosphere. The mood is weighty and transitional, reflecting the 69.8 EUR/MWh price tension. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — Caspar David Friedrich's atmospheric grandeur merged with Adolph Menzel's industrial precision — rich impasto brushwork, deep tonal contrasts, luminous atmospheric depth, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower flute, and PV module frame. No text, no labels.