Solar at 34.6 GW leads generation under clear April skies; coal and gas persist despite 4.8 GW net export.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 5%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 48%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 1%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 14%
64%
Renewable share
6.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
34.6 GW
Solar
72.4 GW
Total generation
+4.8 GW
Net export
90.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
3.0°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 235.2 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
244
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 34.6 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the composition as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across a flat central-German plain, their blue-black surfaces blazing with reflected midmorning sunlight under a perfectly cloudless sky. Brown coal 10.4 GW occupies the far left as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising vertically in the still air, flanked by conveyor belts carrying dark lignite. Natural gas 9.1 GW appears as a set of compact modern CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks and thin heat-shimmer plumes, positioned left of centre. Hard coal 6.2 GW is rendered as a traditional coal plant with rectangular boiler houses and twin chimneys emitting pale grey smoke, nestled between the lignite and gas facilities. Wind onshore 3.3 GW shows as a modest row of three-blade turbines on a low ridge in the middle distance, blades barely turning in the light breeze. Wind offshore 3.6 GW appears as a small cluster of taller offshore turbines visible on the far horizon. Biomass 4.2 GW is a wood-clad biomass plant with a green-roofed storage dome and a single modest stack, placed near the solar fields. Hydro 1.0 GW is a small run-of-river weir with a low concrete dam visible in a stream in the foreground. The lighting is full bright midmorning daylight at 10:00 — crisp, cool, with long but shortening shadows cast westward. The atmosphere feels slightly heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, suggesting high electricity prices — a faint warm haze near the thermal plants, the air dense. Vegetation is early spring: bare deciduous trees with the faintest green buds, brown grass with patches of frost in shadow, a cold 3°C day. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich's atmospheric depth merged with Adolph Menzel's industrial precision — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, luminous sky gradients, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, PV module frame, and cooling tower flute. No text, no labels.