Solar at 35.4 GW leads an 87% renewable mix; 5.5 GW net imports cover the generation shortfall under calm, clear conditions.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 2%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 73%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 9%
87%
Renewable share
1.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
35.4 GW
Solar
48.6 GW
Total generation
-5.5 GW
Net import
70.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
25.2°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 624.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
95
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 35.4 GW dominates the scene as a vast expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling central German farmland, covering roughly three-quarters of the composition, their aluminium frames gleaming under intense afternoon sun. Brown coal 4.1 GW appears at the far left as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising vertically in the still air, beside a conveyor belt feeding raw lignite. Biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a medium-sized wood-chip power plant with a tall cylindrical silo and modest exhaust stack just left of centre. Natural gas 1.6 GW shows a compact CCGT facility with a single sleek exhaust stack and thin heat shimmer, placed behind the solar fields in the middle distance. Hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small concrete dam with water spilling over a weir, nestled in a wooded valley at the right edge. Wind onshore 1.0 GW is a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their rotors nearly motionless in the calm air. Wind offshore 0.5 GW is barely visible as tiny turbines on the far horizon line. Hard coal 0.6 GW is a single small smokestack with a wisp of grey exhaust, partially obscured behind the lignite complex. The sky is completely cloudless, a deep cobalt blue with brilliant direct sunlight casting sharp shadows westward consistent with 4 PM in late May. The air feels warm at 25°C; lush green vegetation, blooming rapeseed fields in bright yellow, mature spring foliage on scattered oaks and lindens. The atmosphere carries a slightly heavy, hazy quality suggesting moderate pricing pressure — a faint amber-tinged warmth suffusing the horizon. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial realism — rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective with depth receding to distant hills. Every technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles, lattice towers, PV cell grid patterns, cooling tower parabolic profiles, CCGT heat recovery units. No text, no labels.