Solar at 35.6 GW leads a 89% renewable mix, driving 10.7 GW net exports under full overcast.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 14%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 59%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 6%
89%
Renewable share
12.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
35.6 GW
Solar
60.2 GW
Total generation
+10.7 GW
Net export
40.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.3°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 111.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
78
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 35.6 GW dominates the centre and right of the composition as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gentle rolling hills, their blue-grey surfaces reflecting a bright but uniformly overcast sky. Wind onshore 8.3 GW appears as clusters of tall three-blade turbines with white nacelles on lattice-free tubular towers dotting the midground ridgelines, blades turning slowly in light wind. Wind offshore 4.5 GW is visible in the far distance as a row of larger turbines standing in a hazy grey sea on the horizon. Brown coal 3.5 GW occupies the far left as two massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, beside a lignite conveyor and ash-grey stockpile. Biomass 3.8 GW sits adjacent as a modest wood-clad power station with a single cylindrical stack releasing thin grey exhaust. Natural gas 2.1 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with a tall single exhaust stack and visible heat-shimmer, positioned between the coal complex and the solar fields. Hard coal 1.1 GW is a smaller conventional boiler house with a square chimney releasing faint emissions, tucked behind the gas plant. Hydro 1.4 GW is suggested by a small dam and reservoir nestled in a forested valley to the far left. The sky is entirely overcast with a bright, luminous white-grey cloud ceiling typical of midday in May—no direct sun visible but strong diffuse daylight illuminating the landscape evenly. Vegetation is lush spring green, with beech and birch trees in full fresh leaf, wildflowers in meadows. Temperature is cool at 9°C so the atmosphere feels crisp and damp. The mood is calm and productive, not oppressive. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial modernity—rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective with depth, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, panel frame, and cooling tower. No text, no labels.