Solar (30.5 GW) and wind (28.4 GW) dominate midday generation, driving 9.4 GW net exports and negative prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 32%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 42%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 5%
88%
Renewable share
28.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
30.5 GW
Solar
72.8 GW
Total generation
+9.4 GW
Net export
-8.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.5°C / 20 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 82.8 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
78
gCO₂/kWh
Records
#3
Free Power
#3
Storm Force
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Solar 30.5 GW dominates the centre and right as vast rolling fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching to the horizon, their glass surfaces reflecting diffuse white-grey light; wind onshore 23.2 GW fills the far background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers spinning briskly in strong wind, blades slightly motion-blurred; wind offshore 5.2 GW appears as a distant cluster of offshore turbines visible on a hazy horizon line at far right; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial biogas facility with rounded digesters and a small exhaust stack trailing thin vapour; brown coal 3.4 GW occupies the far left as two hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with thick white steam plumes drifting sideways in the wind; natural gas 3.2 GW sits as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and visible heat shimmer beside the cooling towers; hard coal 1.8 GW appears as a smaller coal plant with a rectangular boiler house and single chimney, modest smoke; hydro 1.4 GW is suggested by a small weir and powerhouse on a river in the left foreground. The sky is fully overcast with a bright white-grey uniform cloud layer — full midday daylight but no direct sun, no shadows, a luminous flat light typical of an overcast March noon. Early spring landscape: bare deciduous trees just beginning to show pale green buds, patches of brown and green grass, mild 11.5°C atmosphere. The wind is visible through bent grasses, rippling puddles, and angled steam plumes. The atmosphere is calm and open despite the clouds, reflecting the negative electricity price — a sense of abundance and ease. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial modernity — rich layered colour, visible thick brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective with depth from foreground river to distant turbine-studded hills, meticulous engineering detail on every technology: turbine nacelles, rotor hubs, PV module grid lines, cooling tower concrete ribbing, CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.