Solar at 35 GW and wind at 15 GW push Germany into net export and negative prices on a mild April afternoon.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 23%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 56%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 5%
90%
Renewable share
15.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
35.1 GW
Solar
62.4 GW
Total generation
+4.5 GW
Net export
-4.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.4°C / 18 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 377.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
74
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 35.1 GW dominates the centre and right of the composition as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling green spring farmland, reflecting diffuse white light; onshore wind 14.6 GW fills the middle distance as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, rotors spinning moderately in a 17.8 km/h breeze; offshore wind 0.8 GW appears as a small cluster of turbines on the far horizon above a faint coastal line; brown coal 3.4 GW occupies the far left as two large hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the overcast; natural gas 2.0 GW sits beside them as a compact combined-cycle gas turbine plant with a single tall exhaust stack and thin heat shimmer; hard coal 1.1 GW is a smaller stack and conveyor-belt structure adjacent; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a modest wood-chip power station with a rounded silo and low chimney releasing pale smoke; hydro 1.1 GW is suggested by a small dam and spillway in a wooded valley on the far right. The sky is fully overcast with a bright, luminous white-grey cloud layer typical of afternoon daylight at 16:00 in late April — no direct sun disk visible, but strong diffuse brightness illuminates the entire scene evenly. Spring vegetation is lush: fresh bright-green fields, budding trees, wildflowers. The atmosphere feels calm and expansive, with soft light and open air reflecting the negative electricity price. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich layered colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth receding to a hazy horizon — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, PV module, cooling tower curvature, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.