Solar at 33.3 GW and wind at 17.2 GW drive 90% renewable share, pushing 10.6 GW net exports at rock-bottom prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 21%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 54%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 6%
90%
Renewable share
17.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
33.3 GW
Solar
62.1 GW
Total generation
+10.6 GW
Net export
10.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
20.3°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
87.0% / 153.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
73
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 33.3 GW dominates the scene as a vast expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gently rolling central German farmland, covering more than half the canvas from the centre to the right, their aluminium frames catching diffuse light under heavy overcast. Wind onshore 12.9 GW appears as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles arrayed along ridgelines in the middle distance, blades turning steadily in moderate wind. Wind offshore 4.3 GW is suggested by a cluster of turbines on the far horizon behind a faint coastal haze. Brown coal 3.9 GW occupies the left portion as a pair of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thin white steam plumes, flanked by a conveyor belt of dark lignite. Biomass 4.0 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a rounded storage silo and a single stack releasing pale vapour, nestled among green deciduous trees at the left-centre. Natural gas 1.6 GW is rendered as a compact combined-cycle gas turbine facility with a single tall exhaust stack and sleek metallic housing, positioned between the coal plant and the biomass facility. Hydro 1.4 GW is a small run-of-river weir with cascading water visible along a river in the foreground valley. Hard coal 0.7 GW appears as a smaller conventional power station with a single square chimney, partially obscured behind trees at the far left. The sky is 87% overcast with thick, layered stratocumulus clouds in dove grey and cream white, yet bright diffuse summer daylight at 10:00 illuminates everything evenly — no harsh shadows but ample luminosity. The temperature of 20°C is reflected in lush green midsummer vegetation: full-canopy oaks and lindens, wildflower meadows between solar arrays, rich green grass. The low electricity price of 10 EUR/MWh is conveyed by a calm, open, spacious atmosphere with no oppressive weight. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective with soft blues in the distance, warm greens and earth tones in the foreground, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every PV panel junction box, every cooling tower's parabolic curve. The painting conveys the grandeur and quiet power of an industrial landscape harmonised with nature. No text, no labels.