Solar at 50 GW drives 91% renewable share and 14.3 GW net export at near-zero prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 9%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 72%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 2%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 6%
91%
Renewable share
8.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
50.2 GW
Solar
70.1 GW
Total generation
+14.3 GW
Net export
-0.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
24.1°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
43.0% / 644.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
65
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 50.2 GW dominates the scene as a vast expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling central German farmland, covering roughly 72% of the visual composition, their aluminium frames glinting under bright afternoon sun with partial cumulus clouds (43% cover) drifting across a luminous July sky. Wind onshore 6.5 GW appears as a cluster of modern three-blade turbines on gentle ridgelines in the middle distance, their rotors barely turning in the 2.4 km/h breeze. Wind offshore 2.4 GW is suggested by a faint line of turbines on a hazy horizon. Brown coal 4.1 GW occupies the far left as two large hyperbolic cooling towers emitting lazy white steam plumes rising into the warm air. Biomass 3.7 GW sits as a modest wood-chip power station with a low rectangular stack and biomass storage silos beside the cooling towers. Natural gas 1.5 GW is rendered as a compact combined-cycle gas turbine plant with a single slim exhaust stack, tucked behind the biomass facility. Hydro 1.1 GW appears as a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a wooded valley in the far background. Hard coal 0.6 GW is a single smaller smokestack with minimal emissions, barely visible beside the lignite plant. The lighting is full bright summer afternoon at 14:00 Berlin time — warm, high sun slightly west of zenith casting short shadows, sky a mix of blue and white cumulus, green deciduous trees in full leaf, wildflowers and golden wheat in the foreground. The atmosphere is calm and open, reflecting the zero-euro price — serene, unhurried, expansive. 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, with rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective, and meticulous engineering accuracy for each technology. No text, no labels.