Solar leads at 21.9 GW under overcast skies, but 15.8 GW net imports and 13 GW thermal fill a large demand gap.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 8%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 49%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 14%
71%
Renewable share
4.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
21.9 GW
Solar
44.4 GW
Total generation
-15.7 GW
Net import
108.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
22.8°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 320.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
210
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 21.9 GW dominates the right half of the canvas as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gentle green hills, angled south, reflecting diffuse white light; brown coal 6.3 GW occupies the left foreground as a cluster of four massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the overcast sky, beside a lignite conveyor and open-pit edge; hard coal 3.4 GW appears as a coal-fired plant with a tall brick chimney and coal stockyard in the left middle-ground; natural gas 3.3 GW sits centre-left as a compact CCGT facility with a single slender exhaust stack and smaller vapor trail; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered centre-right as a timber-clad biomass CHP plant with a modest chimney and woodchip storage; wind onshore 3.4 GW appears as a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, blades barely turning in light wind; wind offshore 0.7 GW is suggested by a tiny row of turbines visible far on the hazy horizon; hydro 1.4 GW is a small dam and reservoir nestled in a valley at far right. The sky is entirely overcast with thick, layered stratus clouds in grey-white tones but bright diffuse daylight characteristic of 16:00 in May — no direct sunbeam visible yet overall luminosity is high; the atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the 108 EUR/MWh price. Vegetation is lush late-spring green, warm 23°C air suggested by heat shimmer above the solar panels. High-voltage transmission pylons march across the middle distance carrying imported power. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour palette of muted greens, industrial greys, warm ochres; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric aerial perspective with haze softening distant objects; meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, PV cell grid pattern, cooling tower concrete ribbing, and CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.