Solar at 37.8 GW drives 92% renewable share and a slight negative price on a warm, calm spring afternoon.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 3%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 78%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 4%
92%
Renewable share
1.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
37.8 GW
Solar
48.5 GW
Total generation
+2.0 GW
Net export
-0.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
27.5°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 335.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
53
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 37.8 GW dominates the scene as a vast expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling central German farmland, covering nearly four-fifths of the composition, their aluminium frames catching diffused light. Biomass 3.9 GW appears as a cluster of wood-chip-fed biomass plants with modest industrial stacks and small steam wisps in the middle distance, left of centre. Brown coal 1.9 GW is rendered as a pair of hyperbolic cooling towers with thin lazy steam plumes on the far left horizon. Natural gas 1.5 GW shows as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack, placed near the brown coal complex. Wind onshore 1.4 GW appears as a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, rotors completely still in the calm air. Hydro 1.4 GW is suggested by a small river weir and low-head powerhouse nestled in a green valley at right. The sky is fully overcast with a luminous white-grey cloud blanket, yet bright — full afternoon daylight at 16:00 in late May, with warm diffuse light flooding the landscape. Temperature is 27.5 °C: lush green late-spring vegetation, wildflowers in meadows, mature canola fields turning golden. The air is utterly still — no motion in grass or leaves. The atmosphere feels calm and open, reflecting the near-zero electricity price. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective, meticulous engineering detail on all technology elements. No text, no labels.