Solar at 51.7 GW drives 90% renewable share and negative prices under cloudless April skies over Germany.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 6%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 75%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 5%
90%
Renewable share
5.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
51.7 GW
Solar
69.3 GW
Total generation
+11.4 GW
Net export
-3.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.4°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 490.5 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
69
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 51.7 GW dominates the scene as an immense foreground and middle-ground expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling Central German farmland, their aluminium frames glinting intensely under a cloudless, brilliant midday sun; brown coal 3.4 GW appears in the upper-left background as a cluster of three hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thin white steam plumes; wind onshore 4.1 GW is represented by a modest row of three-blade turbines on a distant ridgeline, their rotors barely turning in the light breeze; natural gas 2.3 GW is a compact CCGT plant with twin exhaust stacks and a small heat-recovery unit tucked behind a tree line at centre-left; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a medium-sized wood-chip-fired plant with a rectangular boiler building and a single chimney near the right-centre; hydro 1.5 GW is a small run-of-river weir visible along a gentle river cutting through the valley floor; hard coal 1.1 GW is a single coal-fired unit with a tall concrete stack in the far left distance; wind offshore 1.0 GW is suggested by a faint line of turbines on the extreme horizon. The sky is completely clear, deep blue at the zenith fading to pale cerulean near the horizon, with strong direct sunlight casting short, crisp shadows — it is noon in early April. The air feels calm and open, evoking low electricity prices: no oppressive haze, just serene luminosity. Early spring vegetation — fresh pale-green grass, budding birch and linden trees — covers the gentle hills between the panels. Style: a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — Caspar David Friedrich's atmospheric depth combined with Adolph Menzel's industrial precision — rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every PV cell grid line, every cooling tower's parabolic curvature. No text, no labels.