Solar at 42.8 GW drives 85% renewable share and 6.4 GW net exports under clear July skies.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 9%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 65%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 9%
85%
Renewable share
7.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
42.8 GW
Solar
65.3 GW
Total generation
+6.4 GW
Net export
36.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.3°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 384.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
111
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 42.8 GW dominates the scene as an enormous expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling central German farmland, covering roughly two-thirds of the canvas from the right side deep into the centre, their aluminium frames glinting under a blazing midday summer sun in a perfectly clear blue sky. Brown coal 5.7 GW occupies the far left as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting lazy white steam plumes, with conveyor belts of dark lignite visible at their base. Hard coal 2.2 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired station beside them, a single tall brick chimney with a thin grey exhaust trail. Natural gas 1.9 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a sleek exhaust stack and minimal vapour, tucked between the coal complex and the solar fields. Wind onshore 5.9 GW is depicted as a line of tall three-blade turbines on gentle green hills in the mid-ground, their rotors turning slowly in the light 5.5 km/h breeze. Wind offshore 1.8 GW appears as a distant row of turbines on a hazy horizon suggesting the North Sea coast at the far background left. Biomass 4.0 GW is shown as a mid-sized wood-clad biogas facility with a rounded digester dome and a modest stack amid green summer meadows. Hydro 1.2 GW is a small run-of-river weir with white cascading water on a stream in the foreground. Vegetation is lush midsummer green, wildflowers dot the meadows, temperature is mild at 18°C. The atmosphere is calm and luminous with open skies reflecting the low 36.8 EUR/MWh price — no oppressive haze, just serene clarity. High-voltage transmission pylons march across the middle distance carrying exported power. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective with depth receding to a hazy blue horizon — yet every turbine nacelle, every PV cell pattern, every cooling tower hyperbolic curve is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy. No text, no labels.