Solar leads at 12.9 GW with moderate wind; 16.8 GW net imports fill the evening demand gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 21%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 40%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 8%
85%
Renewable share
8.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
12.9 GW
Solar
31.8 GW
Total generation
-16.8 GW
Net import
127.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
25.3°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 205.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
106
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 12.9 GW dominates the centre-right as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gentle rolling hills, catching diffuse light under a completely overcast sky; wind onshore 6.6 GW fills the mid-ground as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, rotors turning moderately; wind offshore 1.8 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on the far horizon above a sliver of grey sea; biomass 4.3 GW occupies the left-centre as a cluster of wood-chip fired industrial plants with squat chimneys and thin grey exhaust streams; brown coal 2.4 GW stands at the far left as two hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the heavy sky; natural gas 1.7 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and thin heat shimmer; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small concrete dam with cascading water in a forested valley to the right; hard coal 0.7 GW is a modest older power station with a single rectangular chimney near the lignite towers. Time is 18:00 dusk in early May — the sky is a heavy, oppressive uniform overcast with a faint orange-red glow along the lowest western horizon, rapidly fading, the upper sky darkening to slate grey. The atmosphere feels thick, pressured, and warm — lush green May vegetation, full canopies on deciduous trees, wildflowers in meadow grass around the solar arrays, temperature suggesting a warm 25°C evening. The overcast and high electricity price are conveyed through an oppressive, brooding atmosphere with muted colours and low contrast. High-voltage transmission lines with lattice pylons cross the scene left to right, symbolising the massive import flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich saturated earth tones, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every PV cell edge, every cooling tower's concrete ribbing. No text, no labels.