Solar at 42.2 GW and wind at 13.3 GW push Germany to 9.0 GW net export with negative prices.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 19%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 63%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 5%
90%
Renewable share
13.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
42.2 GW
Solar
67.0 GW
Total generation
+9.0 GW
Net export
-17.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.4°C / 17 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 393.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
67
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 42.2 GW dominates the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling central German farmland, occupying roughly two-thirds of the composition; wind onshore 12.6 GW appears as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white nacelles and lattice-detailed towers arrayed across green spring hills in the middle distance, blades turning moderately in 17 km/h winds; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a cluster of wood-chip-fed power stations with squat chimneys and thin steam plumes at the left edge; brown coal 3.3 GW shows two hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with lazy white steam drifting upward behind the biomass plant; natural gas 2.0 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and minimal exhaust; hard coal 1.1 GW is a small dark-brick power station with a single low stack; hydro 1.1 GW is suggested by a small dam and penstock visible in a valley at the far right; wind offshore 0.7 GW appears as a faint line of turbines on the far horizon. The sky is entirely overcast with a bright, luminous white-grey blanket of cloud — full daylight at 3 PM in late April — diffuse light illuminating everything evenly without harsh shadows, giving a calm, pearlescent atmosphere. Fresh spring-green vegetation covers fields and hedgerows; temperature is mild at 17°C. The negative electricity price is reflected in a tranquil, open, almost weightless quality to the sky and air. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour palette, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and aerial perspective — rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy for every technology: correct turbine blade geometry, realistic PV module racking, accurate cooling tower proportions with condensation plumes. No text, no labels.