Massive solar output of 42.8 GW under clear skies drives 17.3 GW net export and deeply negative prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 8%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 75%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 3%
93%
Renewable share
5.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
42.8 GW
Solar
57.1 GW
Total generation
+17.3 GW
Net export
-190.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.3°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 686.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
47
gCO₂/kWh
Records
#3
Clean Hour
Image prompt
Solar 42.8 GW dominates the scene as an immense expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling hills and farmland, covering roughly three-quarters of the composition, their aluminium frames gleaming under a brilliant cloudless midday sun at full zenith; wind onshore 4.8 GW appears as a modest cluster of three-blade turbines with white lattice towers on a distant ridge to the right, blades turning slowly in light breeze; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a compact wood-chip power station with a stockpile of timber and a low industrial chimney emitting faint vapour, nestled in the mid-ground left; brown coal 1.9 GW occupies a small area in the far left background as a pair of hyperbolic cooling towers with thin, almost transparent steam plumes suggesting minimal operation; natural gas 1.5 GW appears as a single compact CCGT unit with a slender exhaust stack beside the cooling towers, barely active; hydro 1.1 GW is a small weir and run-of-river turbine house along a gentle river in the foreground; wind offshore 0.5 GW is a tiny row of turbines visible on the far horizon; hard coal 0.5 GW is a single modest smokestack beside the brown coal plant, nearly dormant. The sky is utterly clear, deep cerulean blue, spring sunlight at 14:00 Berlin time casting short, crisp shadows; the atmosphere feels serene and open, almost weightless, reflecting the deeply negative price. Fresh green April vegetation—budding deciduous trees, bright meadow grass, flowering rapeseed fields in yellow—conveys mild 15°C spring warmth. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich saturated colour, visible expressive brushwork, luminous atmospheric depth, and meticulous engineering accuracy for every energy technology depicted. No text, no labels.