Solar at 40.9 GW drives 92% renewable share and 15.1 GW net export, pushing prices slightly negative.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 4%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 73%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 4%
92%
Renewable share
5.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
40.9 GW
Solar
55.9 GW
Total generation
+15.0 GW
Net export
-2.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.9°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 403.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
54
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 40.9 GW dominates the scene as a vast expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gently rolling central German farmland, covering roughly three-quarters of the composition, their aluminium frames glinting under bright diffuse midday light filtering through a uniformly overcast white-grey sky. Wind onshore 2.3 GW appears as a small cluster of three-blade turbines with lattice towers on a distant ridge at the right, their blades barely turning in the still air. Wind offshore 2.9 GW is suggested by a faint line of larger turbines on a hazy horizon beyond a river. Biomass 3.9 GW occupies the mid-left as a modest wood-chip power station with a small smokestack and timber storage yard. Brown coal 2.3 GW stands at the far left as a pair of hyperbolic cooling towers with thin wisps of steam rising lazily. Natural gas 1.6 GW is rendered as a compact single-stack CCGT plant nestled between the cooling towers and the solar field. Hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small concrete run-of-river dam in the foreground with water flowing gently. Hard coal 0.4 GW is a barely visible small stack behind the gas plant, almost hidden. The sky is bright but uniformly white-grey with full 100% cloud cover, yet the landscape is strongly lit—late spring midday luminosity. Temperature is mild at nearly 20°C: lush green deciduous trees in full leaf, wildflowers dotting field margins, fresh May vegetation. The air feels calm and still, no flags fluttering. The overall atmosphere is tranquil and expansive, reflecting the negative electricity price—open, unburdened, almost drowsy. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting with rich colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective fading to soft haze at the horizon, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every PV panel row, every cooling tower's parabolic curve, evoking Caspar David Friedrich's contemplative grandeur merged with industrial realism. No text, no labels.