Solar at 50.8 GW drives 82 % renewables and 10.3 GW net export under cloudless, near-windless midsummer heat.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 2%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 71%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 9%
82%
Renewable share
2.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
50.8 GW
Solar
71.2 GW
Total generation
+10.3 GW
Net export
67.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
29.3°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 544.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
125
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 50.8 GW dominates the scene: an immense, sweeping foreground and middle ground carpeted with endless rows of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across golden-dry summer fields, their blue-black surfaces glinting under a blazing overhead sun, occupying roughly 70 % of the composition. Brown coal 6.4 GW appears at the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the still air beside conveyor belts and lignite stockpiles. Natural gas 3.6 GW sits centre-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer. Hard coal 2.5 GW is rendered as a single smaller coal-fired station with a rectangular chimney and coal yard to the right of the gas plant. Biomass 3.7 GW appears as a timber-clad biogas facility with a rounded green digester dome and a small stack, nestled among the solar fields. Hydro 1.8 GW is shown as a modest concrete run-of-river weir with spillway visible along a slow, sun-drenched river in the middle distance. Wind onshore 1.6 GW and offshore 0.7 GW appear as a handful of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge and two smaller turbines on the far horizon over a hazy sea sliver, their blades barely turning in the dead-calm air. The sky is entirely cloudless, a deep saturated blue at zenith fading to a pale heat-haze white near the horizon. The lighting is full harsh midday summer sun at 11:00, casting short sharp shadows. The temperature of 29.3 °C is conveyed through parched yellowed grass, heat shimmer above the panels and asphalt, and a faintly oppressive atmospheric haze suggesting the moderate-to-high electricity price. Lush deciduous trees in full dark-green summer canopy line field edges. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters—rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and luminous sky treatment—but with meticulous engineering accuracy for every power technology depicted. No text, no labels.