Solar dominates at 23.8 GW with 9.4 GW wind; 4.7 GW net imports cover the remaining consumption gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 17%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 56%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 5%
91%
Renewable share
9.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
23.8 GW
Solar
42.5 GW
Total generation
-4.6 GW
Net import
54.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
25.7°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 372.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
64
gCO₂/kWh
Records
#2
Furnace Hour
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Solar 23.8 GW dominates the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across the right half and centre of the composition, angled toward a low western sun barely visible through cloud. Wind onshore 7.1 GW appears as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers scattered across rolling green hills in the centre-left, blades turning gently in moderate breeze. Wind offshore 2.3 GW is glimpsed as a distant cluster of turbines on the hazy horizon above a river. Biomass 4.1 GW is represented by several medium-scale biomass plants with timber-clad facades and modest steam exhaust in the left-centre foreground. Brown coal 2.0 GW occupies the far left as two hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising against the sky. Natural gas 1.5 GW sits beside them as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack emitting a thin heat shimmer. Hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small dam and powerhouse tucked into a wooded valley in the left background. Hard coal 0.4 GW is a single small stack with faint smoke at the far left edge. The sky is entirely overcast with a heavy, uniform grey-white cloud deck, but the western horizon glows with a deep amber-orange band of dusk light at 17:00, casting long warm-toned shadows across the landscape. The atmosphere is slightly oppressive and hazy, reflecting the moderate electricity price. Lush late-spring vegetation — full green canopies, wildflower meadows, tall grass — reflects the 25.7°C warmth. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric perspective with misty depth layers — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, PV cell grid, cooling tower curvature, and exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.