Solar at 20.9 GW and onshore wind at 16.5 GW dominate a 74.8% renewable mix with 5.2 GW net exports.
Back
Generation mix
Wind onshore 29%
Wind offshore 0%
Solar 36%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 11%
75%
Renewable share
16.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
20.9 GW
Solar
57.7 GW
Total generation
+5.1 GW
Net export
92.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.0°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
88% / 255.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
177
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 20.9 GW dominates the right half of the canvas as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling Thuringian farmland, their blue-black surfaces catching diffuse grey-white light filtering through heavy overcast; onshore wind 16.5 GW fills the centre-right as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, rotors turning at moderate speed in a 12 km/h breeze across green May meadows; brown coal 6.6 GW anchors the left side as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes that merge into the low cloud ceiling, with conveyor belts and lignite bunkers visible at their base; natural gas 4.4 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with twin exhaust stacks and heat recovery steam generators just left of centre; hard coal 3.6 GW is rendered as a classical coal-fired station with a tall brick chimney and coal stockyard adjacent to the lignite complex; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a mid-sized wood-chip fired plant with a modest stack and timber storage yard in the middle distance; hydro 1.5 GW is depicted as a small run-of-river weir and powerhouse along a tree-lined stream in the foreground valley; offshore wind 0.2 GW is a barely visible silhouette of two turbines on the far horizon. The sky is 88% overcast—a heavy, oppressive ceiling of layered stratus and altostratus in shades of grey and dull cream, pressing down on the landscape, with only narrow breaks allowing muted golden-white sunlight to filter through, casting soft shadows and no harsh highlights. The time is 16:00 in mid-May—full late-afternoon daylight but subdued and diffuse, the sun's position low-west behind cloud. Spring vegetation is lush: bright green grass, blooming rapeseed fields in pale yellow, deciduous trees in fresh leaf. The atmosphere feels heavy and close, reflecting a high electricity price—an almost brooding industrial weight hanging over the panorama. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric perspective and sfumato in the distant cooling tower steam, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, PV panel frame, and smokestack, deep tonal contrasts between the dark industrial structures and the luminous green spring landscape. No text, no labels.