Solar dominates at 29.5 GW under full overcast; brown coal and gas fill the gap as Germany net-imports 2.4 GW.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 14%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 48%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 11%
75%
Renewable share
10.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
29.5 GW
Solar
61.0 GW
Total generation
-2.4 GW
Net import
79.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.2°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 71.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
174
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 29.5 GW dominates the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across the entire right half and centre-right of the composition, their blue-grey surfaces reflecting a flat, overcast sky. Brown coal 7.0 GW occupies the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes that merge into the grey cloud ceiling. Wind onshore 8.5 GW appears as a long row of modern three-blade turbines with white tubular towers receding into the misty middle distance behind the solar fields, blades turning slowly in moderate wind. Natural gas 4.7 GW is rendered as two compact CCGT plants with slender single exhaust stacks and low-profile turbine halls, placed centre-left between the coal plant and the solar arrays. Hard coal 3.4 GW sits as a smaller coal-fired station with a single tall chimney and conveyor belts beside a dark coal stockpile, tucked behind the gas units on the left. Biomass 4.6 GW appears as a cluster of small wood-chip power stations with short stacks and timber-sided feed hoppers nestled among trees at far left. Wind offshore 2.0 GW is suggested by a distant row of turbines on the far horizon line, barely visible through haze. Hydro 1.3 GW is a small dam and penstock visible in a valley at far right. The sky is uniformly overcast at 100% cloud cover, heavy and oppressive reflecting the 79.8 EUR/MWh price, rendered in layered grey tones with no blue breaks; diffuse daylight at 09:00 in late April provides soft, shadowless illumination. Temperature is 10.2 °C: fresh spring vegetation, young pale-green leaves on birch and beech trees, damp grass. Moderate wind bends the grass slightly and trails the cooling-tower steam eastward. The mood is weighty, industrial, quietly tense. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—rich layered colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with sfumato haze—combined with meticulous technical accuracy on every turbine nacelle, PV cell grid pattern, and cooling tower ribbing. No text, no labels.