Solar at 40.8 GW dominates an 83% renewable mix under partly cloudy April skies, holding prices at 19.6 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 13%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 60%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 8%
83%
Renewable share
10.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
40.8 GW
Solar
67.5 GW
Total generation
-0.5 GW
Net import
19.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.6°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
40.0% / 383.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
116
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 40.8 GW dominates the scene as a vast expanse of crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across rolling central German farmland, occupying roughly 60% of the canvas from centre to right, their aluminium frames glinting under bright late-morning sunlight filtering through scattered cumulus clouds at 40% cover. Brown coal 5.3 GW appears at the far left as a cluster of hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with thick white steam plumes drifting gently, alongside conveyor belts of dark lignite. Wind onshore 8.5 GW is rendered as a line of modern three-blade turbines on gentle hills in the mid-background, rotors turning slowly in light 10 km/h breeze; wind offshore 1.5 GW is suggested as tiny turbines on a distant grey-blue horizon. Natural gas 3.8 GW occupies the left-centre as a compact CCGT plant with twin exhaust stacks emitting thin transparent heat shimmer. Hard coal 2.1 GW is a smaller conventional plant with a single squat chimney and modest smoke beside the brown coal complex. Biomass 4.2 GW appears as a wood-clad biogas facility with a green rounded digester dome nestled among the solar arrays. Hydro 1.1 GW is a small run-of-river weir visible along a stream in the foreground. The lighting is full bright April daytime at 11:00, sun high in the east-southeast casting short shadows, the sky luminous blue with scattered white-grey clouds. Early spring vegetation: fresh pale-green buds on deciduous trees, cool 8.6 °C air suggested by figures in light jackets. The atmosphere is calm and open, reflecting the low electricity price. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — Caspar David Friedrich's atmospheric depth meets Adolph Menzel's industrial precision — rich impasto colour, visible confident brushwork, warm golden midground light contrasting cool blue shadows, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every PV cell edge, every cooling tower's parabolic curve. No text, no labels.