Grid Poet — 1 July 2026, 13:00
Solar leads at 32.7 GW under full overcast; brown coal and gas fill the 2.6 GW net import gap.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates generation at 32.7 GW despite full cloud cover, indicating thick but translucent overcast still permitting substantial diffuse and direct irradiance (444 W/m² direct). Wind contributes modestly at 5.0 GW combined onshore and offshore, consistent with the light 13.3 km/h winds. Thermal plants remain online at 14.1 GW combined—brown coal 6.7 GW, gas 4.3 GW, hard coal 3.1 GW—reflecting the need to cover the 2.6 GW net import position and maintain reserves. The day-ahead price of 110.4 EUR/MWh is elevated for a summer midday with 75% renewables, likely driven by the tight supply-demand balance and the cost of marginal gas-fired generation.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a shroud of silver cloud, the sun still presses through ten million glassy panels, flooding the grid with silent, stubborn light. Yet coal towers exhale their ancient breath, summoned from the deep to close the narrow gap between what shines and what is needed.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 8%
Wind offshore 0%
Solar 57%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 12%
75%
Renewable share
4.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
32.7 GW
Solar
57.2 GW
Total generation
2.6 GW
Net import
110.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
23.1°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 444.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
173
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 32.7 GW dominates the scene as an immense field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across the entire right half and foreground, angled south on metal racks, their blue-grey surfaces reflecting a flat white overcast sky. Brown coal 6.7 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes that merge with the cloud layer, flanked by conveyor belts and lignite stockpiles. Natural gas 4.3 GW appears as two compact CCGT power plants with tall narrow exhaust stacks and horizontal heat-recovery units, positioned centre-left with thin transparent exhaust rising. Wind onshore 4.7 GW is represented by a line of eight three-blade turbines on lattice towers along a green ridge in the mid-ground, blades turning slowly in light wind. Hard coal 3.1 GW shows as a smaller classical coal plant with a single large chimney and rectangular boiler house, to the far left. Biomass 3.6 GW appears as a wood-chip facility with a conical storage dome and a modest smokestack near the centre. Hydro 1.9 GW is a small dam with spillway visible in a valley at far right. Wind offshore 0.3 GW is barely visible as a few tiny turbines on the distant horizon. The sky is entirely overcast at 100% cloud cover, a uniform bright grey-white ceiling, yet midday July light (13:00 Berlin time) illuminates the landscape fully with soft, shadowless diffused daylight. Temperature is warm—lush green summer vegetation, tall grasses, wildflowers. The atmosphere feels heavy, oppressive, and slightly hazy, reflecting the high electricity price. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting—visible impasto brushwork, rich colour depth, atmospheric perspective with distant cooling towers fading into mist, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, PV cell pattern, and industrial structure. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 1 July 2026, 13:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-01T11:20 UTC · Download image