Solar leads at 27.6 GW under full overcast; wind and thermal fill the balance with a small net import.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 13%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 60%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 7%
86%
Renewable share
6.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
27.6 GW
Solar
46.4 GW
Total generation
-0.9 GW
Net import
32.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.5°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 50.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
98
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 27.6 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gentle rolling hills; wind onshore 6.0 GW appears as a cluster of three-blade turbines with white lattice towers on a ridge in the mid-ground, blades turning slowly; biomass 4.5 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-chip plant with a tall smokestack and steam rising, placed left of centre; brown coal 3.2 GW occupies the far left as two hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes; natural gas 2.5 GW sits beside them as a compact CCGT facility with a single polished exhaust stack and thin heat shimmer; hydro 1.2 GW appears as a small weir and powerhouse along a river in the foreground; hard coal 0.9 GW is a single smaller stack behind the gas plant; wind offshore 0.4 GW is faintly visible as tiny turbines on the far horizon. Full daylight at 09:00 in May, but the entire sky is a uniform blanket of 100% overcast cloud — soft, flat, pearl-grey light with no shadows and no direct sun visible. Temperature is mild at 15.5 °C: fresh green spring foliage on deciduous trees, wildflowers beginning in meadows, lush grass. Moderate breeze bends the grass slightly. The atmosphere is calm and undramatic, reflecting the moderate electricity price — no oppressive tones, just a gentle muted luminosity. A river winds through the foreground reflecting the grey sky. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every PV module frame, every cooling tower's parabolic curve. No text, no labels, no people.