Solar at 12 GW leads generation as wind, brown coal, and gas fill a 39 GW morning demand under clear skies.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 19%
Wind offshore 8%
Solar 33%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 12%
75%
Renewable share
9.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
12.0 GW
Solar
36.6 GW
Total generation
-2.6 GW
Net import
80.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
5.6°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 38.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
170
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 12.0 GW dominates the right third of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gentle rolling hills, their surfaces catching the first pale pre-dawn light from the eastern horizon. Wind onshore 7.0 GW occupies the centre-right as dozens of three-blade turbines on tall lattice-and-tubular towers across a broad plain, blades turning slowly in light breeze. Brown coal 4.4 GW fills the left side as a massive lignite power station with two hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes rising vertically in the still air. Biomass 4.4 GW appears as a cluster of medium-sized industrial buildings with cylindrical digesters and short stacks with faint exhaust, positioned left of centre. Natural gas 3.3 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and visible heat-recovery unit, placed between the coal station and wind turbines. Wind offshore 2.8 GW is suggested on the far distant horizon as a row of turbines silhouetted against the sea edge. Hard coal 1.3 GW appears as a smaller conventional power station with a single square cooling tower and conveyor belt, adjacent to the brown coal complex. Hydro 1.3 GW is a small dam and reservoir visible in a valley in the middle distance. The sky is deep blue-grey with the faintest band of pale gold and rose at the eastern horizon—pre-dawn light at 07:00 in May, no direct sunlight yet visible, the landscape illuminated by diffuse twilight. Zero cloud cover means a perfectly clear sky overhead, transitioning from deep indigo above to delicate shell-pink at the horizon. Temperature is a cool 5.6°C: fresh spring vegetation is bright green but glistening with heavy dew and light frost on shaded ground. The atmosphere carries a slightly heavy, oppressive quality reflecting the high electricity price—a subtle haze low on the horizon gives weight to the air. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—Caspar David Friedrich's atmospheric depth combined with meticulous industrial-engineering accuracy. Rich colour palette of deep blues, cool greens, warm golds at the horizon, grey-white steam. Visible confident brushwork, luminous glazes in the sky, impasto highlights on metal surfaces. No text, no labels.