Solar dominates at 24.5 GW under clear skies, with brown coal and gas backstopping a 1.3 GW net import as evening approaches.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 6%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 57%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 12%
78%
Renewable share
3.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
24.5 GW
Solar
42.7 GW
Total generation
-1.3 GW
Net import
93.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.8°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 428.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
158
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 24.5 GW dominates the scene as vast fields of crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across the entire right half and centre-right of the composition, their aluminium frames catching warm orange-gold light; brown coal 5.1 GW occupies the left portion as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the sky; biomass 4.2 GW appears as a wood-clad industrial facility with a modest smokestack just to the right of the cooling towers; wind onshore 2.7 GW is rendered as a scattered line of three-blade turbines with lattice towers on a distant ridge, blades barely turning in the light air; natural gas 2.4 GW is a compact CCGT plant with twin exhaust stacks and a slender plume positioned between the coal complex and the solar fields; hard coal 1.9 GW appears as a smaller conventional power station with a single tall chimney near the brown coal towers; hydro 1.5 GW is suggested by a concrete dam and reservoir visible in a valley at the far left; wind offshore 0.4 GW is a tiny group of turbines visible on a hazy horizon line. The sky is a dusk scene at 17:00 in May — the sun sits low in the west, casting long dramatic orange-red and amber light across the entire landscape, the upper sky transitioning from pale blue-gold near the horizon to a deepening blue overhead. The atmosphere feels heavy and warm, with a faintly oppressive haze reflecting the high electricity price. The landscape is lush late-spring central German terrain: bright green meadows, budding deciduous trees, rapeseed fields in yellow bloom, temperature around 18°C. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro lighting — with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, PV panel frame, cooling tower curvature, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.