Grid Poet — 1 July 2026, 11:00
Solar leads at 27.7 GW but 8 GW net imports are needed as wind stays weak and thermal plants hold firm.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates at 27.7 GW, contributing over half of total generation, though partly constrained by 53% cloud cover limiting output below clear-sky potential. Thermal baseload remains substantial: brown coal at 7.7 GW, hard coal at 3.9 GW, and natural gas at 4.9 GW collectively provide 16.5 GW, backstopping a weak wind day (3.9 GW combined onshore and offshore). Domestic generation of 53.8 GW falls short of 61.8 GW consumption, implying approximately 8.0 GW of net imports. The day-ahead price of 119.4 EUR/MWh reflects this tight supply-demand balance, with marginal fossil units setting the price during a period of elevated summer midday demand.
Grid poem Claude AI
The sun commands the fields of glass with sovereign fire, yet coal's dark chimneys will not yield their smoldering empire. Eight gigawatts cross the border like whispered debts, as summer's blaze alone cannot repay the grid's regrets.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 7%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 51%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 14%
69%
Renewable share
4.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
27.7 GW
Solar
53.8 GW
Total generation
8.0 GW
Net import
119.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
20.5°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
53.0% / 366.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
217
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 27.7 GW dominates the right half and centre of the scene as vast rolling fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gentle green hills, catching direct sunlight filtered through partial cloud cover. Brown coal 7.7 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the sky, with conveyor belts and open-pit mine terraces visible at their base. Natural gas 4.9 GW appears in the centre-left as a pair of compact combined-cycle gas turbine plants with tall slender exhaust stacks and modest heat-shimmer exhaust. Hard coal 3.9 GW sits behind the gas plants as a traditional power station with a single large smokestack and coal stockpiles. Biomass 3.8 GW is rendered as a medium-sized plant with rounded silos and wood-chip storage near the left foreground. Wind onshore 3.6 GW appears as a modest line of five three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their rotors turning slowly in light wind. Hydro 1.8 GW is visible as a small dam and spillway in a valley at the far right. Wind offshore 0.3 GW is barely hinted at as tiny turbine silhouettes on the far horizon line. The sky is a midsummer late-morning sky at 11:00, bright and warm with the sun high, but roughly half-covered by cumulus clouds drifting across, creating patches of shadow and light across the landscape. The atmosphere feels slightly heavy and oppressive, with a warm humid haze along the horizon suggesting elevated energy prices. Temperature is mild at 20.5°C; vegetation is lush summer green — meadows, deciduous trees in full leaf, wildflowers. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro from the partial clouds, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, panel frame, cooling tower, and smokestack. The composition balances industrial sublimity with pastoral beauty. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 1 July 2026, 11:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-01T09:20 UTC · Download image