Solar at 46.3 GW drives 88% renewables, pushing 6.2 GW net exports under clear skies and depressing prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 3%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 70%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 7%
88%
Renewable share
6.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
46.3 GW
Solar
65.7 GW
Total generation
+6.3 GW
Net export
17.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.0°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
11.0% / 387.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
84
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 46.3 GW dominates the scene as an immense expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling hills and farmland, covering roughly 70% of the composition, their aluminium frames glinting brilliantly under a nearly cloudless late-morning sky. Wind offshore 3.8 GW appears in the far background as a cluster of three-blade offshore turbines on the hazy horizon beyond a distant coastline, while wind onshore 2.2 GW is represented by a modest line of lattice-tower three-blade turbines on a gentle ridge at mid-left. Brown coal 4.9 GW occupies a far-left background area as a pair of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thin white steam plumes rising vertically in the still air, adjacent to conveyor belts and a lignite stockpile. Biomass 4.0 GW sits as a cluster of compact biomass plants with short cylindrical stacks and wood-chip storage domes at the lower left. Natural gas 2.2 GW appears as a small CCGT facility with a single sleek exhaust stack and modest heat shimmer, tucked behind the biomass. Hydro 1.7 GW is suggested by a small dam and reservoir glimmering in a valley at far right. Hard coal 0.6 GW is barely visible as a single darkened smokestack with almost no emissions, nearly hidden behind trees. The time is 10:00 on a late-May morning: full, high daylight with the sun at roughly 55° elevation, warm golden-white light, long but not extreme shadows, 11% cloud cover as faint wispy cirrus high above. Temperature 18°C with lush green deciduous trees in full spring leaf, wildflowers in meadows, soft pleasant atmosphere. Wind speed is very low at 7.8 km/h — grass barely stirs, turbine blades turn lazily. The low electricity price is reflected in a calm, open, expansive sky with serene pastoral beauty. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich saturated greens and golds, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth with aerial perspective fading into blue-grey distance, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every PV panel row, every cooling tower curve — a masterwork industrial landscape. No text, no labels.