Massive solar output of 52.3 GW drives 17.7 GW net exports and negative prices on a calm, clear summer afternoon.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 1%
Wind offshore 0%
Solar 83%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 2%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 5%
92%
Renewable share
0.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
52.3 GW
Solar
62.9 GW
Total generation
+17.6 GW
Net export
-12.2 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
25.4°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
16.0% / 708.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
60
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 52.3 GW dominates the scene as a vast expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gently rolling farmland, occupying roughly five-sixths of the composition, their aluminium frames glinting fiercely under a brilliant early-afternoon sun; brown coal 3.4 GW appears in the far left background as two hyperbolic cooling towers with thin white steam plumes rising lazily into the nearly cloudless sky; biomass 3.5 GW is rendered as a mid-ground wood-chip-fed power station with a squat industrial chimney and timber yard beside it; natural gas 1.3 GW is a compact CCGT plant with a single slender exhaust stack emitting faint heat shimmer, tucked behind the biomass facility; hydro 1.1 GW appears as a small dam with a cascading spillway visible in the right-middle distance among green hillside trees; wind onshore 0.5 GW is a single three-blade turbine on a lattice tower on a distant ridge, its blades barely turning in the still air. The sky is expansive and mostly clear with only scattered wispy cirrus clouds (16% cover), intense summer sunlight casting short sharp shadows, the atmosphere calm and luminous with a serene, open quality reflecting negative electricity prices. Lush green summer vegetation — wheat fields nearing harvest, deciduous trees in full dark-green canopy, wildflower meadows — fills the spaces between installations. Temperature reads warm at 25°C with a slight haze near the horizon. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and golden-hour luminosity, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, PV panel row, cooling tower curve, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.