Overcast midday: 25.4 GW diffuse solar and 13.7 GW wind dominate, but 15.1 GW thermal fills the gap at €100/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 18%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 42%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 13%
75%
Renewable share
13.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
25.4 GW
Solar
59.9 GW
Total generation
-3.8 GW
Net import
100.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.4°C / 15 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 9.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
182
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 25.4 GW occupies the broad central foreground as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across flat farmland, their surfaces reflecting only grey diffuse light under total overcast; wind onshore 10.5 GW fills the right third of the composition as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, rotors turning steadily in moderate wind; wind offshore 3.2 GW appears on the far right horizon as a distant cluster of offshore turbines rising from a grey North Sea sliver; brown coal 7.8 GW dominates the left background as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes that merge into the low clouds; hard coal 3.8 GW sits left of centre as a dark industrial complex with conveyor belts, stockpiles, and a tall brick chimney trailing grey smoke; natural gas 3.5 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with a single polished exhaust stack and visible heat shimmer beside the coal works; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a medium-sized plant with a rounded wood-chip silo and a modest flue among green spring trees; hydro 1.6 GW is a small run-of-river weir with white water visible in the mid-ground along a winding river. The sky is a uniform blanket of heavy stratiform cloud at 100% cover, no sun disc visible, flat diffuse midday light casting almost no shadows — brightness is even but subdued. The atmosphere feels oppressive and weighty, reflecting the high electricity price. Spring vegetation is fresh green — budding beech trees, bright meadow grass at 14.4°C — but muted under the grey canopy. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting with rich colour depth, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective, and meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, every cooling tower's parabolic curve, every panel's grid lines. No text, no labels.