Solar at 53.2 GW drives 18.4 GW net exports on a hot, nearly windless summer afternoon.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 3%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 72%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 9%
85%
Renewable share
4.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
53.2 GW
Solar
74.2 GW
Total generation
+18.4 GW
Net export
40.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
35.5°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
35.0% / 724.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
112
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 53.2 GW dominates the scene as a vast expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling central German farmland, occupying roughly three-quarters of the composition, their aluminium frames glinting under intense direct sunlight. Brown coal 6.5 GW appears at the far left as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with lazy white steam plumes rising in the still air. Wind onshore 2.2 GW and wind offshore 2.1 GW are represented by a modest line of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge and a few turbines visible on a hazy horizon, their blades nearly motionless in the feeble breeze. Natural gas 2.6 GW sits as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack emitting a thin heat shimmer, positioned just right of the cooling towers. Hard coal 2.2 GW appears as a smaller conventional plant with a blocky boiler house and a single squat chimney beside the lignite complex. Biomass 3.7 GW is rendered as a mid-sized timber-clad facility with a modest smokestack at the far right edge. Hydro 1.7 GW is suggested by a small reservoir dam visible in a valley in the middle distance. Time is 2 PM full summer daylight: the sky is a deep saturated blue with scattered cumulus clouds covering about a third of the sky, harsh shadows on the ground, heat haze shimmering above the panels. The temperature is extreme — 35.5 °C — conveyed through parched golden-brown grass between panel rows, wilting vegetation, a bleached-out quality to distant hills. The atmosphere is calm, open, and expansive, reflecting moderate pricing. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth and luminous sky treatment — but with meticulous engineering accuracy for every technology: correct turbine nacelles and lattice towers, proper PV cell patterning, accurate cooling tower geometry with parabolic profiles, detailed CCGT exhaust infrastructure. No text, no labels.