Solar provides 31.4 GW under overcast skies; negligible wind forces 13.5 GW net imports and moderate thermal dispatch.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 3%
Wind offshore 0%
Solar 69%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 9%
84%
Renewable share
1.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
31.4 GW
Solar
45.3 GW
Total generation
-13.5 GW
Net import
68.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.4°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 345.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
110
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 31.4 GW dominates the scene as an immense plain of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across roughly two-thirds of the composition, their aluminium frames catching diffused silvery daylight under a fully overcast sky. Brown coal 3.9 GW occupies the left background as a pair of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes merging into the low cloud ceiling. Biomass 4.1 GW appears as a cluster of modest industrial biomass plants with short stacks and wood-chip storage silos adjacent to the cooling towers. Natural gas 2.1 GW is rendered as a compact combined-cycle gas turbine facility with a single tall exhaust stack and visible heat shimmer, placed in the centre-left middle ground. Hard coal 1.1 GW appears as a smaller coal plant with a single stack and coal conveyor, partially obscured behind the gas plant. Hydro 1.3 GW is suggested by a low concrete dam and spillway in the right background nestled against wooded foothills. Wind onshore 1.3 GW and wind offshore 0.1 GW are represented by a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their rotors nearly still in the calm air. The time is 4 PM in late April: full diffuse daylight but no direct sunbeams, a flat white-grey cloud deck covering the entire sky from horizon to horizon, creating even illumination without shadows. The temperature is a mild 17°C; spring greenery — fresh lime-green beech leaves, flowering rapeseed fields in bright yellow — covers rolling terrain between the solar arrays. The atmosphere is slightly heavy and hazy, reflecting a 68.7 EUR/MWh price — not oppressive but weighted, with muted contrast and a faintly warm tonal palette. High-voltage transmission pylons and lines cross the mid-ground, symbolising the large import flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective — combined with meticulous engineering accuracy for every turbine nacelle, PV module, cooling tower profile, and smokestack. No text, no labels.