Solar at 32.4 GW and onshore wind at 11.2 GW drive massive net exports under negative prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 21%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 60%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 4%
91%
Renewable share
11.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
32.4 GW
Solar
54.0 GW
Total generation
+21.9 GW
Net export
-4.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
21.8°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 100.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
62
gCO₂/kWh
Records
#1
Export Champion
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Solar 32.4 GW dominates the scene as a vast expanse of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across the entire right two-thirds of the composition, covering gently rolling green spring fields under full overcast daylight. Onshore wind 11.2 GW fills the centre-left as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on white lattice and tubular towers, blades turning gently in moderate breeze, receding into atmospheric haze. Biomass 3.9 GW appears as a cluster of modest wood-chip power stations with short stacks and thin white exhaust plumes in the mid-ground left. Brown coal 2.4 GW sits in the far left background as a pair of hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick steam columns, with a lignite conveyor belt visible at their base. Natural gas 1.8 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and a thin heat shimmer, positioned between the cooling towers and the biomass plant. Hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small concrete weir and run-of-river powerhouse along a stream in the lower left foreground. Hard coal 0.7 GW is a single smaller smokestack beside the brown coal complex. The sky is a uniform blanket of pale grey stratus clouds at 100% cover, but the scene is fully lit by bright diffuse afternoon daylight — 15:00 in May — giving a soft, shadowless luminosity across the landscape. The air feels calm and open, reflecting the negative electricity price. Temperature is a warm 21.8 °C; lush spring foliage — bright green deciduous trees, wildflowers in meadow strips — frames the foreground. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting with rich colour, visible brushwork, atmospheric depth, and meticulous engineering accuracy for every technology. No text, no labels.