Overcast skies limit solar to 21 GW; brown coal, gas, and 10.9 GW net imports fill the gap at high prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 10%
Wind offshore 0%
Solar 41%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 17%
62%
Renewable share
5.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
21.2 GW
Solar
51.5 GW
Total generation
-10.9 GW
Net import
113.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.7°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
258
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 21.2 GW dominates the centre-right as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across flat farmland, their surfaces reflecting only dull grey light under total overcast — no sun visible, no shadows, no glint. Brown coal 8.5 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes that merge into the low grey ceiling. Natural gas 6.8 GW sits centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer. Wind onshore 5.0 GW appears as a modest row of modern three-blade turbines on gentle hills in the mid-ground, rotors turning slowly in light wind. Hard coal 3.9 GW is rendered as a coal-fired plant with a tall rectangular boiler house and single round stack, positioned behind the gas units. Biomass 4.1 GW appears as a wood-clad biomass CHP plant with a short stack and woodchip storage dome near the right edge. Hydro 1.6 GW is a small run-of-river weir visible in a river cutting through the foreground. Wind offshore 0.2 GW is barely suggested as a faint silhouette of two turbines on the far horizon. The sky is entirely sealed by a heavy, oppressive, uniform layer of stratus cloud at 113.5 EUR/MWh — dense, low, leaden grey with no breaks, pressing down on the landscape. The lighting is flat midday daylight diffused through total overcast — no directional shadows, even illumination, 11:00 Central European time in May. The temperature is cool at 8.7°C: spring vegetation is fresh green but muted, grass damp, trees in young leaf. High-voltage transmission lines cross the scene, hinting at the heavy import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich's atmospheric weight combined with meticulous industrial-age technical accuracy. Rich earth tones, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth with haze toward the horizon, dramatic sense of human industry beneath an indifferent sky. No text, no labels.