Solar at 48.3 GW under clear skies drives 89.6% renewable share and negative prices via heavy net exports.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 5%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 75%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 5%
90%
Renewable share
4.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
48.3 GW
Solar
64.7 GW
Total generation
+9.1 GW
Net export
-11.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.9°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 586.2 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
72
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 48.3 GW dominates the scene as a vast central and rightward expanse of gleaming crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gently rolling spring fields, filling roughly three-quarters of the composition; brown coal 3.4 GW appears at the far left as two hyperbolic cooling towers with thin white steam plumes rising into still air; natural gas 2.3 GW sits as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack just left of center; wind onshore 3.1 GW is represented by a small cluster of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, rotors barely turning in the faint breeze; wind offshore 1.4 GW appears as a handful of turbines on the far horizon line; biomass 3.9 GW is a modest wood-fired plant with a short stack and a pile of timber beside it, placed between the cooling towers and the gas plant; hydro 1.2 GW is a small run-of-river weir with white water cascading at the lower-left foreground; hard coal 0.9 GW is a single small smokestack partially hidden behind the lignite towers. Time is 14:00 in early April: brilliant, high midday sun in a completely cloudless cerulean sky, intense direct light casting sharp shadows, the atmosphere calm and luminous suggesting low electricity prices. Temperature around 13°C: fresh spring vegetation — pale green grass, early leaf buds on scattered birch and linden trees, a few wildflowers in the meadow. The air is still, no cloud, no haze, a vast open tranquil sky overhead. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters like Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, golden atmospheric depth, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, aluminium PV frame, cooling tower curvature, and CCGT stack. The scene reads as a monumental pastoral-industrial panorama. No text, no labels.