Solar leads at 25.6 GW under overcast skies, but 13 GW net imports are needed as wind stays weak and thermal plants fill gaps.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 6%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 50%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 13%
70%
Renewable share
4.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
25.6 GW
Solar
51.7 GW
Total generation
-13.0 GW
Net import
113.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.4°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
84.0% / 169.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
209
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 25.6 GW dominates the centre and right of the scene as vast fields and rooftop arrays of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across rolling central German farmland; brown coal 6.7 GW occupies the left background as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes; natural gas 5.4 GW appears as two compact CCGT plants with slim single exhaust stacks venting thin transparent heat haze, positioned centre-left; biomass 4.5 GW is rendered as a cluster of smaller industrial facilities with cylindrical silos and low chimneys amid woodpiles, tucked in the mid-ground left of centre; hard coal 3.6 GW shows as a single coal-fired station with a tall rectangular boiler house and conveyor belts feeding from a dark coal stockpile, near the brown coal complex; wind onshore 3.2 GW appears as a scattered line of six three-blade turbines on a distant ridge to the far right, rotors turning very slowly; wind offshore 1.1 GW is suggested by tiny turbine silhouettes on the far horizon; hydro 1.6 GW is represented by a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley at the far right edge. Time is 09:00 in May: full diffuse daylight but an overcast, heavy, milky-grey sky with 84% cloud cover letting only filtered sunlight through — no sharp shadows, a bright but oppressive flat illumination. The atmosphere feels weighty and close, reflecting the high electricity price of 113.6 EUR/MWh: the sky presses down with a leaden, almost suffocating quality. Spring vegetation: fresh green leaves on deciduous trees, bright green grass, wildflowers dotting meadow edges, temperature around 14°C suggesting cool morning air with no heat shimmer. Air is nearly still — flags droop, smoke rises almost vertically. 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 depth with sfumato haze around distant cooling towers, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every PV panel frame, every cooling tower's reinforced concrete ribbing. The composition feels monumental, a masterwork panorama of the modern industrial landscape rendered with the reverence and drama of Romantic art. No text, no labels, no people in the foreground.