Solar at 41.9 GW dominates a late-morning grid, with lignite and coal persisting despite 83% renewable share.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 4%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 69%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 9%
83%
Renewable share
3.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
41.9 GW
Solar
61.0 GW
Total generation
+4.7 GW
Net export
82.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.1°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
36% / 551.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
125
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 41.9 GW dominates the scene as an immense field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across the entire right two-thirds of the composition, angled south, reflecting brilliant midday light. Brown coal 5.5 GW occupies the left background as three massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the sky. Hard coal 2.5 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired plant with a single tall smokestack and conveyor belts beside a dark coal heap, positioned left of centre. Natural gas 2.4 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT facility with a slender silver exhaust stack and a modest heat shimmer, nestled between the coal plant and the solar field. Wind onshore 2.2 GW appears as four widely spaced three-blade turbines with white nacelles on lattice towers on a distant ridge, blades turning slowly in light wind. Wind offshore 0.9 GW is suggested by a faint cluster of turbines on the far horizon above a sliver of sea. Biomass 4.1 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with timber-framed fuel storage and a modest chimney emitting pale vapour, placed in the middle ground among green spring meadows. Hydro 1.4 GW is a small dam with water cascading over a spillway in a valley fold at the far left edge. The sky is mostly clear with scattered cumulus clouds at 36% coverage, bright late-morning sun high in the southeast casting strong shadows; the atmosphere carries a faintly oppressive golden haze reflecting the 82 EUR/MWh price. Spring landscape: fresh green deciduous foliage, wildflowers in meadows, temperature around 14°C suggesting cool but sunny. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich saturated colour palette, visible confident brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, PV cell grid pattern, cooling tower ribbing, and exhaust stack detail. No text, no labels.