Wind and solar dominate at over 54 GW combined, pushing Germany into net export at moderate prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 35%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 42%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 4%
91%
Renewable share
26.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
27.4 GW
Solar
65.6 GW
Total generation
+4.0 GW
Net export
43.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.0°C / 21 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
87.0% / 118.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
63
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 23.0 GW dominates the right half of the scene as vast ranks of modern three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling green hillsides, rotors spinning briskly in strong wind; solar 27.4 GW fills the center-right foreground as enormous fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels on green meadows, angled southward, catching diffuse light; wind offshore 3.9 GW appears in the far background as a cluster of tall offshore turbines visible on a hazy horizon beyond a distant coastal strip; biomass 3.7 GW is rendered as a mid-ground wood-chip power station with a modest smokestack and timber storage yard; brown coal 2.5 GW occupies the far left as two hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with thin white steam plumes rising against the overcast sky; natural gas 2.4 GW sits left-center as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack emitting a faint heat shimmer; hydro 1.6 GW appears as a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a wooded valley on the left; hard coal 1.2 GW is a single smaller stack with a dark brick boiler house near the brown coal plant. TIME AND LIGHT: 17:00 in mid-June, dusk beginning — the sky is heavily overcast at 87% cloud cover, a thick blanket of grey-white stratocumulus, but the western horizon shows a warm orange-amber glow where the lowering sun breaks faintly through the clouds, casting long diffused golden-grey light across the landscape. The atmosphere is mild, 16°C, lush green deciduous trees and tall grass rippling in 20 km/h wind; scattered wildflowers dot the meadows. The mood is calm, not oppressive — moderate price reflected in a neutral, open sky without menace. STYLE: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich atmospheric depth, visible confident brushwork, luminous cloud rendering, Romantic grandeur — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, every PV cell grid line, every cooling tower's hyperbolic curve and concrete texture. The composition balances the sublime natural landscape with precise industrial detail, evoking a masterwork painting of Germany's energy transition. No text, no labels, no human figures prominent.