Grid Poet — 29 June 2026, 13:00
Solar leads at 34.9 GW under full overcast; brown coal and hard coal provide 10.4 GW as wind underperforms.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates generation at 34.9 GW despite full overcast conditions, reflecting the strength of Germany's installed PV capacity even under diffuse radiation with only 24 W/m² direct irradiance — output is notably below clear-sky potential but still substantial at midday in late June. Brown coal contributes 7.0 GW and hard coal 3.4 GW, forming a combined 10.4 GW thermal baseload block that, together with 2.8 GW of gas, fills much of the gap left by weak wind generation of 5.5 GW combined onshore and offshore. Domestic generation falls 2.4 GW short of the 61.2 GW consumption level, implying a net import of approximately 2.4 GW. The day-ahead price of 82 EUR/MWh sits at a moderately elevated level consistent with coal and gas units setting the marginal price under constrained renewable output.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a leaden sky the panels strain to catch what light remains, while ancient coal fires smolder on, their towers breathing slow and grey. The grid draws breath from distant borders, a quiet hunger fed by smoke and clouded sun.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 8%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 59%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 12%
78%
Renewable share
5.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
34.9 GW
Solar
58.8 GW
Total generation
2.4 GW
Net import
82.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
21.8°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 24.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
164
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 34.9 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gentle rolling hills under completely overcast skies; brown coal 7.0 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes merging into the cloud ceiling; hard coal 3.4 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired station beside it with a tall brick chimney trailing dark smoke; wind onshore 4.8 GW is rendered as a scattered line of distant three-blade turbines on ridgelines, their rotors barely turning in light wind; natural gas 2.8 GW sits as a compact CCGT plant in the centre-left with a single sleek exhaust stack and thin heat shimmer; biomass 3.6 GW appears as a modest wood-chip-fed plant with a rounded silo and low plume near the foreground; hydro 1.7 GW is suggested by a small concrete dam and spillway in a valley at the far right edge; wind offshore 0.7 GW appears as a faint suggestion of turbines on the distant grey horizon. Full midday daylight but entirely diffused — no shadows, no sun disc visible, a heavy uniform pearl-white cloud blanket ceiling pressing down oppressively at moderate altitude, conveying the 82 EUR/MWh price tension. Late June vegetation is lush deep green — tall grasses, wildflowers, full deciduous canopy — temperature a mild 21.8°C. The air feels humid and still. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich impasto colour, visible confident brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth and layered recession into haze, but with meticulous modern engineering accuracy for every turbine nacelle, PV cell grid, cooling tower curvature, and industrial stack. The mood is contemplative and weighty, an industrial sublime landscape. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 29 June 2026, 13:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-06-29T11:20 UTC · Download image