Solar at 38.1 GW and wind at 29.0 GW drive 17.5 GW net exports and near-zero prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 33%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 48%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 2%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 3%
92%
Renewable share
29.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
38.1 GW
Solar
79.2 GW
Total generation
+17.5 GW
Net export
-0.1 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.9°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
81.0% / 301.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
59
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 38.1 GW dominates the scene as a vast expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across the entire right half and centre of the composition, their aluminium frames glinting under diffused daylight filtered through high broken cloud cover at 81%. Wind onshore 26.5 GW fills the left third and extends into the mid-ground as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, rotors turning at moderate speed in a 14 km/h breeze, scattered across rolling green summer hills. Wind offshore 2.5 GW appears as a thin line of smaller turbines on the far-left horizon above a distant grey sea. Biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a cluster of modest industrial buildings with short stacks and thin white exhaust plumes in the left mid-ground. Brown coal 2.5 GW appears as two hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with lazy steam plumes rising into the overcast, positioned behind the biomass plant. Hard coal 2.4 GW is depicted as a single large power station with a tall red-and-white striped chimney and coal conveyors, to the left of the cooling towers. Natural gas 1.8 GW appears as a compact CCGT unit with a single polished exhaust stack and clean white exhaust, tucked between the coal station and biomass. Hydro 1.6 GW is suggested by a small concrete dam and spillway in the far right background nestled between forested slopes. The sky is a milky summer overcast at mid-morning—bright but not harsh, with patches of blue breaking through layered alto-cumulus clouds, and 301 W/m² of direct radiation casting soft but discernible shadows. Vegetation is lush midsummer green—deciduous trees in full leaf, meadow grasses, wildflowers. The atmosphere feels calm, open, and luminous, reflecting the near-zero electricity price. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting—rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and aerial perspective—yet with meticulous engineering accuracy on every nacelle, panel frame, cooling tower rib, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.