Solar at 37.7 GW and wind at 14.4 GW drive 91% renewables and 8 GW net export at near-zero price.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 14%
Wind offshore 8%
Solar 59%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 4%
91%
Renewable share
14.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
37.7 GW
Solar
63.6 GW
Total generation
+8.0 GW
Net export
-0.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.8°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
99.0% / 226.5 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
59
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 37.7 GW dominates the scene as an enormous expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gentle rolling farmland occupying nearly 60% of the canvas from foreground to mid-ground, their aluminium frames catching diffuse grey-white light; wind onshore 9.0 GW appears as a sweeping line of modern three-blade turbines on lattice towers across the middle distance, blades turning steadily in moderate wind; wind offshore 5.4 GW is visible as a cluster of taller offshore turbines on the far-left horizon above a faint river or distant estuary; biomass 4.5 GW is rendered as a medium-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip dome and a single slender stack emitting thin white exhaust, nestled at the right-centre; natural gas 2.5 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with a single clean exhaust stack and modest vapour trail, positioned behind the biomass plant; brown coal 2.5 GW occupies the far right as two hyperbolic cooling towers with lazy white steam plumes rising into the overcast; hydro 1.5 GW is suggested by a small concrete dam and spillway at the far left foreground with white water cascading; hard coal 0.7 GW is a single small smokestack barely visible behind the cooling towers. The sky is full daylight at 10:00 AM but completely overcast at 99% cloud cover—a flat, luminous pearl-grey ceiling with no blue patches and no visible sun disc, yet the landscape is brightly and evenly lit by strong diffuse light. Early spring in central Germany: fresh green grass beginning to grow, bare-branched deciduous trees just budding, temperature around 9°C conveyed by cool tones and a hint of morning mist lingering in low hollows. The atmosphere is calm and open, reflecting the near-zero electricity price—no oppressive darkness, just a vast quiet productive landscape. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—rich colour palette of muted greens, silvers, greys, and whites, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective with depth receding to a soft horizon, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every PV panel row, every cooling tower's parabolic curve and concrete texture. The composition feels monumental yet serene, a masterwork industrial landscape. No text, no labels.