Massive solar output of 56.4 GW under clear August skies drives 13.3 GW net exports and depresses prices.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 2%
Wind offshore 0%
Solar 81%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 7%
90%
Renewable share
1.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
56.4 GW
Solar
69.7 GW
Total generation
+13.3 GW
Net export
15.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
26.4°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 683.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
76
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 56.4 GW dominates the entire scene as an immense expanse of crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across rolling fields and rooftops from the centre to the far right, their aluminium frames glinting fiercely under a blazing midday sun in a perfectly cloudless deep-blue summer sky. Brown coal 4.9 GW occupies the far left as a cluster of hyperbolic cooling towers with lazy white steam plumes drifting in nearly still air above a lignite plant. Biomass 3.6 GW appears as a modest wood-fired power station with a rectangular stack and small conveyor belt, set just left of centre. Natural gas 1.7 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT unit with a single slim exhaust stack releasing a thin heat shimmer, tucked beside the biomass plant. Hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small concrete weir with glistening spillway at the lower left near a river. Wind onshore 1.2 GW is shown as two solitary three-blade turbines on a distant hill, their rotors barely turning. Hard coal 0.6 GW is a single smokestack behind the brown coal complex, nearly lost in the haze. The lighting is full intense midday August sunlight at 14:00, with hard shadows, heat shimmer rising from tarmac and panels. The temperature of 26.4 °C is conveyed through lush deep-green deciduous trees in full summer foliage, dry golden grass at field edges, and a faintly hazy horizon. The sky is calm and open, reflecting the low electricity price. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and luminous sky treatment reminiscent of Caspar David Friedrich crossed with industrial realism — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, panel frame, cooling tower curvature, and stack detail. No text, no labels.