Solar leads at 41.3 GW under full overcast; brown coal and gas provide thermal backstop; 5.1 GW net export.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 6%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 66%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 9%
83%
Renewable share
4.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
41.3 GW
Solar
62.3 GW
Total generation
+5.1 GW
Net export
65.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.4°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 38.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
123
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 41.3 GW dominates the scene as an enormous expanse of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels covering rolling central German fields, stretching from the centre deep into the background, reflecting dull white light under heavy overcast; brown coal 5.6 GW occupies the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes that merge into the grey sky, with conveyor belts of dark lignite visible at their base; wind onshore 4.0 GW appears as a modest line of tall three-blade turbines on a ridge in the right-middle distance, rotors barely turning in the light breeze; natural gas 2.7 GW sits as compact CCGT units with slim exhaust stacks and small heat-recovery housings placed near the coal plant; hard coal 2.4 GW is rendered as a single coal-fired station with a tall rectangular chimney and coal stockyard beside the lignite complex; biomass 4.0 GW appears as two medium-sized wood-chip-fed CHP plants with squat cylindrical silos and low steam vents in the middle ground; hydro 1.8 GW is suggested by a small run-of-river weir and powerhouse visible along a stream in the right foreground; wind offshore 0.6 GW is hinted at by a faint row of turbines on a distant flat horizon. Full daylight at noon but entirely diffused — no shadows, no direct sun, a flat luminous pearl-white sky pressed low over the landscape. Temperature 11 °C in early May: fresh green foliage on deciduous trees, rapeseed fields beginning to bloom yellow at the edges of the solar arrays. The atmosphere is mildly oppressive, hazy, the overcast ceiling thick and unbroken, conveying moderate energy prices. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour palette of slate-grey, muted green, industrial ochre, and cloud-white; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric aerial perspective with depth and scale; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, PV module frame, cooling tower shell, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.