Solar at 46.2 GW under clear skies drives 83.9% renewables and 6.8 GW net export at midday.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 5%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 69%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 8%
84%
Renewable share
4.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
46.2 GW
Solar
66.9 GW
Total generation
+6.8 GW
Net export
44.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
25.1°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
1.0% / 543.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
112
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 46.2 GW dominates the scene as an immense expanse of crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across rolling farmland, occupying roughly two-thirds of the composition, their aluminium frames glinting under intense midday sun. Brown coal 5.1 GW appears in the left background as a cluster of hyperbolic cooling towers emitting lazy white steam plumes against the blue sky. Biomass 3.7 GW is represented as a mid-ground timber-clad biomass plant with a green-roofed fuel hall and short exhaust stack. Natural gas 3.5 GW sits as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and modest heat shimmer, positioned centre-left. Wind onshore 3.4 GW shows as a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, blades turning slowly in the light breeze. Hard coal 2.2 GW appears as a single coal plant with conveyor belts and a rectangular stack, partially behind the cooling towers. Hydro 1.7 GW is a concrete run-of-river weir visible along a small river in the mid-ground. Wind offshore 1.1 GW is suggested by a faint line of turbines on a far hazy horizon beyond low hills. The sky is virtually cloudless, deep summer blue, the sun high and blazing at 11:00 local time casting short sharp shadows. Temperature is 25°C: lush green deciduous trees in full summer leaf, golden rapeseed fields, warm haze near the ground. The atmosphere is calm and open, reflecting the moderate electricity price. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, luminous atmospheric depth — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, PV module, cooling tower rib, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.