Solar at 44 GW and wind at 27 GW push Germany to 22.5 GW net export and negative prices at midday.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 30%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 54%
Biomass 4%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 2%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 4%
93%
Renewable share
26.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
44.1 GW
Solar
81.8 GW
Total generation
+22.4 GW
Net export
-1.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.8°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
88.0% / 254.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
49
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 44.1 GW dominates the scene: vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretch across rolling central German farmland, covering roughly half the canvas, their blue-grey surfaces reflecting a diffuse, bright overcast sky. Wind onshore 24.5 GW fills the upper third of the background as dozens of three-blade turbines on tall lattice and tubular towers, rotors spinning steadily in moderate wind, arrayed along green ridgelines. Wind offshore 2.4 GW appears as a small cluster of larger turbines visible on the far horizon. Biomass 3.6 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a tall stack and wood-chip storage dome to the left middle ground. Brown coal 2.9 GW occupies the far left as a pair of hyperbolic cooling towers with thin, lazy steam plumes rising into the overcast. Hydro 1.6 GW appears as a concrete run-of-river weir and small powerhouse along a tree-lined river in the foreground. Natural gas 1.5 GW is a compact CCGT facility with a single exhaust stack emitting a faint heat shimmer, positioned beside the lignite plant. Hard coal 1.1 GW is a small conventional boiler house with a rectangular chimney, barely smoking, tucked behind the gas plant. The sky is bright but heavily overcast at 88% cloud cover, with patches where direct sunlight breaks through in soft shafts — full midday brightness, diffuse and luminous, no harsh shadows. Lush green July vegetation: tall grass, wildflowers, mature deciduous trees in full leaf. Temperature around 20°C gives a pleasant, temperate atmosphere. The mood is calm and expansive, reflecting the negative electricity price — open sky, no oppressive weight. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial realism — rich colour palette of greens, silvery blues, and muted greys, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth with aerial perspective softening distant turbines and towers, meticulous engineering accuracy on every nacelle, panel frame, and cooling tower. No text, no labels.