Solar leads at 29 GW under overcast skies; weak wind and 9.2 GW net imports drive prices to 98 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 4%
Wind offshore 0%
Solar 54%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 16%
70%
Renewable share
2.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
29.0 GW
Solar
53.5 GW
Total generation
-9.2 GW
Net import
98.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.9°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 236.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
218
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 29.0 GW dominates the centre and right of the scene as vast rolling fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching toward the horizon, their blue-grey surfaces reflecting a bright but diffuse white overcast sky; brown coal 8.4 GW occupies the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes that merge with the cloud layer, with conveyor belts of dark lignite visible at their base; natural gas 4.2 GW appears as two compact CCGT power blocks with slender silver exhaust stacks and thin heat shimmer, positioned left of centre behind the solar arrays; hard coal 3.7 GW is rendered as a single large coal plant with a prominent smokestack and coal yard adjacent to the lignite complex; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a wooden-clad biomass CHP facility with a modest chimney and stacked timber in the mid-ground; hydro 1.6 GW is a small concrete run-of-river weir with churning whitewater visible at the far right edge near a wooded riverbank; wind onshore 2.4 GW shows a sparse cluster of tall three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, blades barely turning in near-still air; wind offshore 0.2 GW is suggested by a faint silhouette of two turbines on the far horizon. Time is 1 PM in May: full midday daylight but completely overcast, a flat bright white sky with no blue, no sun disc visible, light is even and shadowless. Temperature 17.9°C: lush spring-green vegetation, fresh deciduous leaves on trees, wildflowers dotting meadow edges around the solar farm. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive — a thick humid haze hangs at low altitude, reflecting the high electricity price, giving the scene a pressing, weighted quality. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines recede into the haze, symbolising import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich layered colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective with depth — rendered with meticulous technical accuracy for each energy technology. No text, no labels.