Wind and diffuse solar dominate at 84% renewables, driving a small net export under full overcast at 20 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 32%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 33%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 8%
84%
Renewable share
20.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
17.4 GW
Solar
52.1 GW
Total generation
+2.1 GW
Net export
20.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
5.1°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 13.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
110
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 16.6 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as vast rolling hills covered with dozens of three-blade wind turbines on tall lattice and tubular towers, blades turning gently in light wind; wind offshore 3.9 GW appears as a distant row of larger turbines visible on a grey horizon line beyond a flat northern coast; solar 17.4 GW fills the middle foreground as expansive ground-mounted arrays of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across flat farmland, their surfaces reflecting soft grey light under heavy overcast; biomass 4.7 GW is rendered as a cluster of modest industrial buildings with wood-chip silos and short stacks emitting thin white steam, positioned left of centre; brown coal 4.0 GW occupies the far left as two large hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the grey sky, alongside a conveyor belt carrying dark lignite; natural gas 3.1 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and smaller heat-recovery unit, situated between the coal plant and biomass facility; hard coal 1.3 GW is a single smaller smokestack with a thin wisp of exhaust, partially behind the gas plant; hydro 1.2 GW is suggested by a small dam and reservoir visible in a valley at the far left edge. TIME AND LIGHTING: 08:00 full daylight but completely overcast — a flat, uniform, bright white-grey sky with no sun visible and no shadows, diffuse even illumination across the landscape. Temperature is 5.1°C in late April: vegetation is early spring green but sparse, bare branches on some trees, fresh grass emerging, patches of mud. The atmosphere is calm, tranquil, and unhurried — low electricity price conveyed through open, spacious composition with gentle tonal palette. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — think Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial realism — rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective with misty distance, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, panel frame, and cooling tower curve. No text, no labels, no people prominent.