Solar at 48.3 GW drives 5.1 GW net export and zero-price conditions under near-clear May skies.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 2%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 78%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 6%
90%
Renewable share
1.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
48.3 GW
Solar
61.9 GW
Total generation
+5.1 GW
Net export
0.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
23.3°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
10.0% / 570.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
73
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 48.3 GW dominates the scene as an immense expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gently rolling green farmland, covering roughly three-quarters of the composition, their aluminium frames glinting under bright midday sun with nearly cloudless pale-blue sky. Brown coal 4.0 GW appears at the far left as a pair of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting lazy white steam plumes, connected to a lignite power station with conveyor belts. Biomass 4.0 GW occupies the left-centre as a cluster of medium-scale industrial facilities with wood-chip storage domes and modest exhaust stacks releasing thin wisps of vapour. Wind onshore 1.2 GW and wind offshore 0.8 GW are represented by a small group of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers along a distant ridge, their rotors barely turning in the still air. Natural gas 1.7 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and low-profile turbine hall, tucked behind the biomass facility. Hydro 1.5 GW is suggested by a small reservoir dam visible in a valley at the right edge. Hard coal 0.6 GW is a single smaller smokestack among the industrial cluster, almost inconspicuous. The landscape is lush late-spring green, wildflowers dotting meadow edges, deciduous trees in full leaf, temperature feeling warm at 23°C. The sky is expansive, nearly clear with only thin wisps of cirrus at 10% coverage, the sun high and blazing, casting short sharp shadows. The atmosphere is calm, open, and luminous—reflecting the zero electricity price with a sense of unhurried abundance. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective fading into hazy blue distance, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, panel array, and cooling tower, the scene feeling like a monumental masterwork of the industrial pastoral. No text, no labels.