Overcast solar at 25.5 GW leads generation; lignite, coal, and wind fill the balance against 61.6 GW demand.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 17%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 43%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 13%
75%
Renewable share
13.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
25.5 GW
Solar
59.4 GW
Total generation
-2.2 GW
Net import
89.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.9°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
85.0% / 28.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
184
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 25.5 GW dominates the centre-right as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gently rolling farmland, catching diffused pale light under heavy overcast; brown coal 7.8 GW occupies the far left as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes merging into the low clouds; wind onshore 10.0 GW spans the middle distance as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers across green spring hills, blades turning steadily in moderate wind; wind offshore 3.1 GW appears as a distant row of turbines on the far horizon above a grey sea glimpsed through a valley; hard coal 3.8 GW sits beside the lignite complex as a smaller power station with rectangular boiler houses, tall chimneys, and conveyor belts carrying dark fuel; natural gas 3.5 GW is rendered as compact CCGT units with single polished exhaust stacks and a thin heat shimmer; biomass 4.2 GW appears as a modest plant with a rounded silo and wood-chip storage area at the edge of a mixed forest; hydro 1.6 GW is a small dam with water spilling over a weir in a wooded side valley. The sky is 85% covered with dense stratocumulus in layered greys and muted whites, allowing only thin veils of diffused midday brightness — full daytime at 13:00 Berlin time but no direct sunlight, no shadows, a flat luminous overcast. Spring vegetation: fresh green grass, budding deciduous trees, scattered wildflowers. The atmosphere feels heavy and slightly oppressive, reflecting a high electricity price — the air is thick and hazy, with low visibility toward the horizon. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich muted colour palette of sage greens, steel greys, ochre, and cream; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric aerial perspective softening distant turbines and towers; meticulous engineering accuracy on every nacelle, panel frame, cooling tower, and smokestack. No text, no labels.