Wind and diffuse solar lead at 72% renewables, but 10 GW net imports and thermal plants cover a steep morning demand gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 21%
Wind offshore 10%
Solar 30%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 11%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 12%
72%
Renewable share
16.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
15.8 GW
Solar
52.6 GW
Total generation
-10.2 GW
Net import
117.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
4.9°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
93.0% / 9.2 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
190
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 15.8 GW occupies the centre-right as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across flat farmland, their surfaces reflecting only grey diffuse light under heavy overcast; wind onshore 11.1 GW fills the far background as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers dotting rolling hills, blades turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 5.1 GW appears as a distant row of tall offshore turbines visible on a hazy horizon line beyond a river estuary; brown coal 6.4 GW dominates the left quarter as two massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes merging into the overcast, flanked by conveyor belts and lignite stockpiles; natural gas 5.6 GW sits centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack emitting a thin heat shimmer; hard coal 2.7 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired station with a rectangular chimney and modest steam wisp behind the gas plant; biomass 4.6 GW is rendered as a wood-chip-fed CHP facility with a rounded silo and low smokestack near the village edge; hydro 1.3 GW is a small run-of-river weir and powerhouse along a stream in the middle distance. Full daytime lighting at 08:00 Berlin time but deeply overcast — a flat, oppressive, uniformly grey sky pressing down with 93% cloud cover, no direct sunlight, no shadows, the atmosphere heavy and close, consistent with a high electricity price. Temperature near 5°C: early spring vegetation, bare deciduous branches just beginning to bud, pale green grass, patches of frost lingering on north-facing slopes. Central German landscape with gentle Thuringian hills. A few high-voltage transmission pylons with sagging cables cross the scene diagonally, symbolising the import flows. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — rich layered colour, visible impasto brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective, dramatic tonal contrast between the pale industrial steam and the brooding grey sky — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, panel frame, and cooling tower flute. No text, no labels.