Grid Poet — 1 July 2026, 12:00
Solar leads at 30.9 GW under overcast skies; brown coal and gas fill the gap as Germany net-imports 4.8 GW.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates at 30.9 GW despite full cloud cover, reflecting high diffuse irradiance typical of a midsummer midday with thin overcast—consistent with the 472 W/m² direct radiation reported alongside 100% cloud cover, suggesting cloud classification may not fully capture translucent conditions. Thermal baseload remains substantial: brown coal at 7.1 GW, natural gas at 4.9 GW, and hard coal at 3.5 GW collectively supply 15.5 GW, while wind contributes a modest 4.4 GW combined onshore and offshore amid light 11.3 km/h winds. Domestic generation falls 4.8 GW short of the 61.0 GW consumption level, implying net imports of approximately 4.8 GW, likely drawn from neighbouring interconnectors. The day-ahead price of 115.9 EUR/MWh sits above the seasonal average, consistent with the need for thermal dispatch and cross-border imports to meet midday demand.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a milky veil the sun still pours its silent gold across ten million glass-faced fields, while ancient furnaces exhale their stubborn hymns of steam. The grid stretches taut between what light can give and what fire must still answer.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 7%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 55%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 13%
72%
Renewable share
4.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
30.9 GW
Solar
56.2 GW
Total generation
4.8 GW
Net import
115.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
21.6°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 472.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
193
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 30.9 GW dominates the scene as an immense field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across the entire foreground and right two-thirds of the composition, their blue-black surfaces catching diffuse white light. Brown coal 7.1 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the overcast sky. Natural gas 4.9 GW appears as a pair of compact combined-cycle gas turbine plants with tall single exhaust stacks and thinner grey exhaust plumes, positioned centre-left behind the solar arrays. Hard coal 3.5 GW is rendered as a smaller coal-fired station with a rectangular boiler house and single chimney emitting pale smoke, nestled between the gas plant and the cooling towers. Wind onshore 4.1 GW shows as a modest line of eight three-blade turbines on lattice towers along a low ridge in the far centre-right, their rotors turning slowly. Wind offshore 0.3 GW appears as two or three tiny turbines on the distant horizon line. Biomass 3.7 GW is a wood-clad biogas facility with a green domed digester tank and a small smokestack, tucked among trees at far left. Hydro 1.8 GW is suggested by a small concrete dam and spillway visible in a valley at far right. The sky is fully overcast with a thick, luminous white-grey cloud blanket at midday in July—bright but sunless, the light flat and diffuse, casting no sharp shadows. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, humid summer air pressing down, haze blurring the horizon, reflecting the elevated electricity price. Vegetation is lush midsummer green—tall grass, mature deciduous trees in full leaf, wildflowers dotting meadow edges. Temperature is warm, rendered through a slight heat shimmer above the solar panels. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting—rich, layered colour with visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and aerial perspective receding into hazy distance, dramatic chiaroscuro in the industrial steam clouds, meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, panel frame, and cooling tower curve. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 1 July 2026, 12:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-01T10:20 UTC · Download image