Strong onshore wind and persistent late-afternoon solar drive 91% renewables and 7.9 GW net export at moderate prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 45%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 30%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 2%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 5%
91%
Renewable share
33.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
19.4 GW
Solar
64.8 GW
Total generation
+7.9 GW
Net export
35.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
21.7°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
36.0% / 265.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
67
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 29.1 GW dominates the scene as vast rows of three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles stretching across rolling green summer hills from the centre to the far right, their blades turning steadily in moderate wind. Solar 19.4 GW fills the middle foreground as expansive fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels angled toward the western sun, catching warm golden light. Wind offshore 4.8 GW appears in the distant left background as a cluster of larger turbines standing in a hazy sea visible on the horizon. Brown coal 3.3 GW occupies the far left as two hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with thin white steam plumes rising lazily, attached to a blocky industrial powerhouse with conveyor belts and lignite stockpiles. Biomass 3.8 GW sits just right of the coal plant as a mid-sized facility with a cylindrical silo, wood-chip storage yard, and a single modest smokestack with faint exhaust. Hydro 1.6 GW appears as a small concrete dam with water spilling over a weir nestled into a forested valley at the left-centre. Natural gas 1.4 GW is rendered as a compact combined-cycle gas turbine plant with a single tall exhaust stack and minimal vapour, positioned near the coal complex. Hard coal 1.3 GW appears as a smaller conventional power station with a rectangular chimney and a dark coal pile beside it, adjacent to the gas plant. The sky is a dusk scene at 18:00 in early July — the sun is low in the west, casting long warm golden-orange light across the landscape, with the upper sky still a rich blue with scattered cumulus clouds covering roughly a third of the sky, their undersides lit amber and rose. The atmosphere is calm and open, reflecting a moderate electricity price. Lush green summer vegetation — deciduous trees in full leaf, wildflower meadows, and ripening crops — covers the rolling terrain at 21.7°C. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting with rich colour, visible brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective, and meticulous engineering accuracy for every technology depicted. No text, no labels.