Strong solar at 32.6 GW leads generation, but near-zero wind forces heavy coal and gas dispatch plus ~7.7 GW net imports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 2%
Wind offshore 0%
Solar 57%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 13%
69%
Renewable share
0.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
32.6 GW
Solar
56.7 GW
Total generation
-7.6 GW
Net import
92.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
4.7°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
50.0% / 137.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
208
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 32.6 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gently rolling farmland, catching partial sunlight; brown coal 7.1 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes above a sprawling lignite plant; natural gas 6.9 GW appears left-centre as a pair of modern combined-cycle gas turbine facilities with tall slender exhaust stacks trailing thin vapour; hard coal 3.4 GW sits behind the gas plant as a single darker power station with a rectangular boiler house and a smokestack; biomass 4.6 GW is rendered mid-ground as a collection of squat industrial buildings with wood-chip silos and low chimneys; hydro 1.2 GW appears as a small dam and penstock on a hillside stream in the far left distance; wind onshore 0.9 GW is a single three-blade turbine on a lattice tower far in the background, its rotor barely turning. The sky is half-covered with grey-white cumulus clouds allowing shafts of mid-morning spring sunlight (09:00 Berlin time) to break through, casting bright patches across the solar fields while leaving the thermal plants in partial shadow. The air feels cool — bare branches on scattered deciduous trees just beginning to bud, pale green grass, patches of frost in shaded hollows suggest 4–5 °C. The atmosphere is heavy and slightly oppressive, hinting at the high electricity price — a subtle haze thickens the horizon, the clouds press low, and the light, though present, feels strained and filtered. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich, layered colour palette of slate grey, cool green, warm amber sunlight, and industrial white steam; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric depth with aerial perspective fading distant stacks into mist; meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, PV module, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.