Solar at 41.5 GW and wind at 15.0 GW drive 85% renewable generation, yielding 15.5 GW net exports.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 15%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 58%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 1%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 7%
85%
Renewable share
15.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
41.5 GW
Solar
71.8 GW
Total generation
+15.5 GW
Net export
37.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
24.2°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
69.0% / 271.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
108
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 41.5 GW dominates the scene as an enormous expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling central German farmland, covering more than half the composition, their aluminium frames glinting under a partly cloudy September sky with hazy direct sunlight filtering through broken cumulus clouds. Wind onshore 10.4 GW appears as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers dotting the middle distance across gentle green hills, blades turning slowly in light wind. Wind offshore 4.6 GW is suggested by a distant line of larger turbines visible on the far horizon through atmospheric haze. Brown coal 4.9 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes rising into the overcast patches, with conveyor belts and lignite stockpiles visible at their base. Hard coal 3.3 GW sits adjacent as a smaller power station with rectangular chimneys and a dark coal yard. Natural gas 2.5 GW appears as a compact modern CCGT plant with sleek exhaust stacks and a thin heat shimmer rising from its outlet. Biomass 3.6 GW is rendered as a wood-clad industrial facility with a modest smokestack near a timber storage area at the right edge. Hydro 0.9 GW appears as a small run-of-river weir with a powerhouse nestled along a tree-lined stream in the foreground. The lighting is full early-afternoon daylight at 14:00, warm but softened by 69% cloud cover — patches of blue sky alternate with grey-white cumulus, and direct sunlight breaks through in broad shafts illuminating sections of the solar field. Late September vegetation: fields of harvested stubble turning golden-brown, deciduous trees still mostly green with the faintest hints of early autumn yellowing. Temperature is warm at 24°C, giving a gentle late-summer haze. The atmosphere is calm and open, reflecting a moderate electricity price — no oppressive mood, simply a productive industrial landscape at ease. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective with layers of foreground detail receding to a misty horizon, dramatic yet naturalistic cloud formations painted with the luminous attention of Caspar David Friedrich meeting industrial modernity. Meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, every PV cell pattern, every cooling tower's parabolic curve. No text, no labels.