Solar (25.1 GW) and wind (19.2 GW) dominate a near-balanced spring evening grid at 88% renewables.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 30%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 44%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 6%
88%
Renewable share
19.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
25.1 GW
Solar
56.4 GW
Total generation
-2.0 GW
Net import
33.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.9°C / 18 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
29.0% / 426.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
84
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 25.1 GW dominates the foreground and right half of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels catching low-angle golden light; wind onshore 17.0 GW spans the mid-ground as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling green April farmland, rotors turning in moderate wind; wind offshore 2.2 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon above a faintly visible sea line; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and a single stack emitting thin white vapor, placed left of centre; brown coal 3.4 GW occupies the left background as two hyperbolic cooling towers with thick steam plumes rising into the sky; natural gas 2.1 GW sits as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and modest heat shimmer, placed to the left of the biomass plant; hard coal 1.2 GW appears as a smaller coal plant with a single square chimney and thin grey smoke, near the brown coal towers; hydro 1.3 GW is suggested by a small concrete dam and spillway in the far left valley. Time is 17:00 Berlin dusk: the sun is very low on the western horizon casting long orange-gold light across the landscape, the upper sky transitioning from pale blue to deepening amber and soft rose near the horizon, early dusk atmosphere. Temperature is mild at 17°C with fresh green spring vegetation, bright wildflowers in meadows, birch and linden trees in young leaf. Cloud cover is light at 29%, with a few wispy cumulus clouds catching orange and pink sunset hues. The moderate wind is visible in swaying grasses and turning turbine blades. The atmosphere is calm and spacious, reflecting a moderate electricity price — open sky, no oppressive mood. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich impasto brushwork, luminous atmospheric depth, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, PV panel frame, cooling tower curve, and smokestack rivet, deep colour saturation in the sunset palette, the scene conveying the grandeur and tension of an industrial landscape dissolving into pastoral spring beauty. No text, no labels.