Diffuse solar at 39.3 GW under full overcast drives 91% renewables and negative prices at −14.4 EUR/MWh.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 13%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 69%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 4%
91%
Renewable share
7.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
39.3 GW
Solar
57.2 GW
Total generation
+8.8 GW
Net export
-14.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.9°C / 20 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 13.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
62
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 39.3 GW dominates the scene as vast expanses of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across rolling central German farmland, covering nearly two-thirds of the composition; wind onshore 7.4 GW appears as clusters of tall three-blade turbines with white lattice towers scattered across gentle hills in the middle distance, blades turning moderately in 20 km/h wind; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-chip power station with a squat industrial chimney and timber storage yard at centre-left; brown coal 2.6 GW occupies a modest area at the far left as two hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with thin wisps of steam; natural gas 1.8 GW appears as a compact single-stack CCGT plant beside them; hydro 1.2 GW is a small concrete run-of-river weir with a narrow channel visible in the foreground; hard coal 0.7 GW is a single small smokestack barely visible behind the cooling towers. The sky is entirely overcast with a uniform layer of pale grey-white stratiform cloud — full daylight at 1:00 PM but no direct sunshine, no shadows, a flat luminous brightness suffusing the landscape evenly. The atmosphere feels calm, expansive, and open, reflecting the negative electricity price — no oppressive weight, just quiet surplus. Spring vegetation: fresh bright-green meadows, canola fields beginning to bloom yellow, deciduous trees in full young leaf. Temperature is mild at 19°C; the air looks soft and hazy. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich's atmospheric depth merged with Adolph Menzel's industrial precision — rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, luminous diffuse light, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, PV module frame, and cooling tower curve. No text, no labels.