Solar at 43.2 GW drives a 5.6 GW net export and deeply negative prices on a mild spring afternoon.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 2%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 80%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 4%
93%
Renewable share
1.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
43.2 GW
Solar
53.8 GW
Total generation
+5.6 GW
Net export
-235.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.2°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
44.0% / 630.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
50
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 43.2 GW dominates the scene as a vast, sweeping expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling green spring fields covering roughly four-fifths of the composition, their aluminium frames glinting under strong afternoon sun at 15:00; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a cluster of wood-chip-fed power stations with modest stacks and timber yards in the mid-ground left; brown coal 2.0 GW is rendered as two hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with thin, lazy steam plumes on the far left horizon; natural gas 1.5 GW is a compact modern CCGT plant with a single polished exhaust stack releasing a faint heat shimmer in the centre-left background; wind onshore 1.2 GW shows a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, blades barely turning in the still air; hydro 1.0 GW appears as a modest dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley fold at the far right. The sky is a mix of bright spring blue and scattered cumulus clouds covering perhaps half the dome, with brilliant direct sunlight casting sharp shadows across the panels. The landscape is lush mid-spring green — fresh beech and birch leaves, wildflowers along field margins, temperature mild at 15°C. The atmosphere is luminous and tranquil, evoking a sense of overabundance and calm — reflecting the deeply negative electricity price. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — think Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial realism — with rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective, warm golden-green palette, and meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, PV module, and cooling tower. No text, no labels.