Solar at 46.9 GW overwhelms summer demand; Germany exports 7.7 GW under intense heatwave conditions.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 5%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 73%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 7%
88%
Renewable share
4.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
46.9 GW
Solar
64.2 GW
Total generation
+7.7 GW
Net export
67.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
34.0°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
13.0% / 588.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
86
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 46.9 GW dominates the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across roughly three-quarters of the composition, glinting under fierce direct sunlight on gently rolling central German farmland with heat-stressed yellowing grass and parched summer vegetation. Brown coal 4.5 GW appears at the far left as a cluster of massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with thin white steam plumes rising into the hazy sky. Biomass 3.4 GW is rendered as a medium-sized industrial plant with a tall stack and adjacent timber storage yard in the left-centre. Wind onshore 3.5 GW stands as a modest row of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, blades barely turning in the feeble 7 km/h breeze. Natural gas 1.8 GW appears as a compact combined-cycle gas turbine facility with a single slim exhaust stack, placed centre-right behind the solar arrays. Hydro 1.8 GW is suggested by a small reservoir dam visible through a valley gap at the far right. Wind offshore 1.1 GW is faintly visible as tiny turbine silhouettes on the extreme right horizon suggesting a distant North Sea coast. Hard coal 1.2 GW is a smaller conventional power station with a single square chimney near the brown coal complex. The sky is 87% clear, pale blue bleached white near the zenith from extreme 34°C heat, with only thin wisps of cloud; the sun at 15:00 in late June blazes from the southwest, casting short sharp shadows. The atmosphere is heavy and hazy with shimmering heat distortion above the solar panels. Full bright afternoon daylight, oppressive warmth suggested by warm amber-gold tones in the air. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and luminous colour — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, PV cell grid, cooling tower ribbing, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.