Solar at 38.3 GW and wind at 14.1 GW drive 13.1 GW net exports and negative prices on a summer afternoon.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 20%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 63%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 2%
Hard coal 0%
Brown coal 3%
94%
Renewable share
14.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
38.3 GW
Solar
61.0 GW
Total generation
+13.1 GW
Net export
-10.3 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
23.8°C / 18 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
85.0% / 273.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
40
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 38.3 GW dominates the scene, filling roughly two-thirds of the composition as vast rolling fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gentle central German farmland under a bright but heavily overcast summer sky with high white-grey clouds and occasional brighter patches where diffuse sunlight filters through. Wind onshore 11.9 GW appears as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white nacelles and lattice-style towers arrayed across distant ridgelines and green agricultural fields to the right, blades turning steadily in moderate wind. Wind offshore 2.2 GW is suggested by a small cluster of turbines visible on the far horizon where the land meets a hazy pale sky. Biomass 3.7 GW is represented in the middle distance as a modest wood-clad biomass plant with a low stack emitting thin white exhaust, surrounded by timber storage yards. Brown coal 1.9 GW occupies a small portion at the far left as a pair of hyperbolic cooling towers with faint wisps of steam, a lignite conveyor belt visible, the facility clearly operating at low output. Natural gas 1.4 GW appears as a compact single-stack CCGT unit beside the brown coal plant, exhaust barely visible. Hydro 1.3 GW is rendered as a small concrete run-of-river weir with water cascading through turbine gates along a tree-lined river cutting through the foreground. Hard coal 0.3 GW is a nearly idle plant with a single tall chimney, no visible emissions, tucked behind the gas unit. The lighting is full 2 PM summer daylight, bright but diffused by the overcast, with soft shadows and no harsh contrast. Lush green summer vegetation — wheat fields, deciduous trees in full leaf, wildflower meadows — fills the landscape at 24°C warmth. The atmosphere is calm and open, reflecting the negative electricity price. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich saturated greens and silvers, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective fading into hazy distance — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, every PV module rail, every cooling tower curve. No text, no labels.