Solar (24.3 GW) and onshore wind (12.5 GW) dominate a 90%-renewable grid under mild overcast spring conditions.
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Generation mix
Wind onshore 26%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 52%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 5%
90%
Renewable share
12.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
24.3 GW
Solar
47.1 GW
Total generation
+1.4 GW
Net export
9.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
22.6°C / 23 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 99.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
71
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 24.3 GW dominates the foreground and middle distance as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gently rolling green farmland, their surfaces reflecting a bright but diffuse white-grey sky; onshore wind 12.5 GW fills the right half and recedes into the horizon as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, blades visibly turning in a steady breeze bending the spring grass; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a cluster of medium-scale wood-chip power plants with squat cylindrical silos and thin exhaust stacks emitting pale steam, positioned in the mid-left; brown coal 2.4 GW occupies the far left background as two hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with thin wisps of steam rising, alongside a conveyor belt and lignite stockpile; natural gas 1.8 GW sits as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and sleek turbine hall, tucked between the coal plant and the biomass cluster; hydro 1.2 GW is suggested by a small concrete dam and reservoir nestled in a valley at the far right; hard coal 0.7 GW appears as a single smaller smokestack behind the brown coal towers; offshore wind 0.3 GW is barely visible as tiny turbines on the distant horizon line. The time is 4 PM on a warm May afternoon: full daylight but completely overcast with a uniform bright white-grey cloud ceiling, no direct sun visible, soft shadowless illumination across the landscape. Temperature is 22.6°C—lush green deciduous trees in full spring leaf, wildflowers in meadows, warm atmosphere. Wind at 22.8 km/h animates flags, grass, and turbine blades. The low electricity price is conveyed by a calm, open, expansive sky with no oppressive weight. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial modernity—rich layered colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective with hazy blue distance, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every panel frame, every cooling tower's concrete texture. No text, no labels.