Strong wind and diffuse solar drive 21 GW net export, collapsing the day-ahead price to near zero.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 32%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 35%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 1%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 9%
79%
Renewable share
31.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
28.7 GW
Solar
82.6 GW
Total generation
+21.0 GW
Net export
0.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.0°C / 26 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
96.0% / 183.5 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
150
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 26.2 GW dominates the right half and background as vast fields of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling central German hills, rotors spinning vigorously in strong wind. Wind offshore 5.3 GW appears as a distant cluster of large turbines on the far-right horizon above a grey sea inlet. Solar 28.7 GW fills the centre-left foreground as enormous arrays of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels covering flat farmland, their surfaces reflecting pale diffuse light under heavy overcast. Brown coal 7.7 GW occupies the left background as a lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes drifting sideways in the wind. Hard coal 5.5 GW sits just right of the brown coal complex as a smaller plant with rectangular boiler houses and tall chimneys with faint grey exhaust. Natural gas 4.0 GW appears as a compact modern CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and low-profile turbine hall, positioned centre-left behind the solar arrays. Biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a modest wood-clad biomass plant with a short stack and stored wood-chip piles near the centre. Hydro 1.0 GW is a small run-of-river weir with a powerhouse visible at the far left along a gentle river. Time is 1 PM in late March: full daylight but deeply overcast, 96% cloud cover creating a flat, silvery-white sky with no visible sun, light even and diffuse, no harsh shadows. Temperature 6°C: early spring landscape, bare deciduous trees with first tiny buds, muted brown-green dormant grass, patches of old snow in shaded hollows. Strong 26.5 km/h wind bends grass and bare branches, drives ripples across puddles, and pushes steam plumes sharply to one side. The near-zero electricity price is conveyed by a calm, expansive open sky—no oppressive atmosphere despite the overcast, the clouds high and soft rather than threatening. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—Caspar David Friedrich's atmospheric depth meets industrial realism—rich muted earth tones, visible textured brushwork, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, PV cell grid pattern, cooling tower curvature, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.