Massive solar output under full overcast drives 10.4 GW net export and near-zero prices on a calm summer day.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 3%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 78%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 6%
90%
Renewable share
1.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
45.7 GW
Solar
58.5 GW
Total generation
+10.4 GW
Net export
-0.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
21.5°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 17.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
69
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 45.7 GW dominates the scene: an enormous expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gently rolling central German farmland, covering roughly four-fifths of the composition, their aluminium frames and blue-grey cells reflecting the diffuse white light of a completely overcast sky. Brown coal 3.6 GW appears as a pair of massive hyperbolic cooling towers on the far left, issuing thick white steam plumes that merge into the low cloud ceiling. Biomass 3.6 GW is rendered as a medium-sized plant with a tall stack and adjacent wood-chip storage yard, positioned left of centre behind the solar arrays. Hydro 1.7 GW appears as a concrete run-of-river weir with churning white water in the middle distance. Natural gas 1.6 GW is a compact CCGT facility with a single slender exhaust stack, placed right of the biomass plant. Wind onshore 1.5 GW shows a small cluster of three modern three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, rotors nearly still in the calm air. The sky is a uniform blanket of pale grey-white stratus cloud at 100% cover, yet the scene is fully and evenly lit—bright midday midsummer light at 11:00 in June, no shadows, soft diffuse illumination. Lush green summer vegetation, wheat fields beginning to turn gold, wildflowers along field edges. Temperature 21.5°C: a mild, humid atmosphere with gentle haze. The mood is calm and quiet, reflecting the near-zero electricity price—open, spacious, unhurried. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art—rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and luminous diffuse light—but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, PV module, cooling tower, and smokestack. No text, no labels.