Solar leads at 18.1 GW with wind at 10.5 GW; coal and gas cover residual load as evening approaches.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 17%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 40%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 12%
76%
Renewable share
10.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
18.1 GW
Solar
45.3 GW
Total generation
+2.5 GW
Net export
94.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.0°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
85% / 90.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
172
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 18.1 GW dominates the right half of the scene as vast expanses of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across rolling green spring fields, reflecting a dim, diffuse glow from a heavily overcast sky; wind onshore 7.9 GW appears as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white nacelles and lattice towers scattered across the mid-ground hills, rotors turning slowly in light breeze; wind offshore 2.6 GW is visible in the far distance as a cluster of offshore turbines on a grey horizon line above a sliver of sea; brown coal 5.5 GW occupies the left foreground as two massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, adjacent to conveyor belts and open-pit terracing; hard coal 2.2 GW sits beside them as a smaller coal plant with a tall rectangular boiler house and chimney stack trailing grey smoke; natural gas 3.2 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and visible heat shimmer near centre-left; biomass 4.2 GW appears as a cluster of modest industrial buildings with cylindrical feedstock silos and a small smokestack amid surrounding farmland; hydro 1.5 GW is suggested by a concrete dam and spillway set into a wooded valley at far left. The sky is dusk at 17:00 in May—a heavy 85% overcast layer in slate grey and muted pewter, with a narrow band of deep orange-red light glowing along the western horizon beneath the clouds, the upper sky already darkening toward blue-grey. The atmosphere feels dense and oppressive, reflecting the high 94.8 EUR/MWh price. Spring vegetation is fresh and green at 11°C, with budding deciduous trees and bright meadow grass. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting—rich, saturated colour, visible textured brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro—yet with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, every PV module frame, every cooling tower's hyperbolic curve. No text, no labels.