Grid Poet — 2 July 2026, 09:00
Solar at 34 GW and wind at 15 GW drive 82% renewable generation, pushing 5.5 GW of net exports.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 09:00 on a clear midsummer morning, solar generation dominates the German grid at 34.1 GW, contributing just over half of total generation, supported by 15.4 GW of combined onshore and offshore wind. Renewables supply 82.3% of generation, while brown coal continues to run at 6.7 GW alongside 2.4 GW of hard coal and 2.9 GW of natural gas, reflecting baseload commitments and must-run obligations rather than acute demand signals. Total generation of 67.6 GW exceeds consumption of 62.1 GW, yielding a net export position of approximately 5.5 GW to neighbouring markets. The day-ahead price of 45.1 EUR/MWh remains moderate despite the export surplus, suggesting firm demand in coupled European markets and limited downward price pressure from renewables at this hour.
Grid poem Claude AI
The sun commands a kingdom of glass and silicon, flooding the grid with light so abundant that power spills across every border. Beneath her radiance the old coal towers still breathe their ancient plumes, stubborn sentinels of a retreating age.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 16%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 50%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 10%
82%
Renewable share
15.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
34.1 GW
Solar
67.6 GW
Total generation
+5.5 GW
Net export
45.1 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.8°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 283.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
129
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 34.1 GW dominates the foreground and centre as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across rolling green summer meadows, angled toward a brilliant morning sun; wind onshore 10.6 GW fills the middle distance as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers across gentle hills, rotors turning slowly in light breeze; wind offshore 4.8 GW appears on the far horizon as a line of white turbines rising from a hazy sea glimpsed beyond coastal lowlands; brown coal 6.7 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes against the blue sky; natural gas 2.9 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and a thin heat shimmer beside the coal complex; hard coal 2.4 GW appears as a smaller power station with a rectangular boiler house and twin chimneys with faint grey smoke; biomass 4.0 GW is depicted as a wood-clad industrial facility with a low rounded silo and a modest stack amid deciduous trees in full green leaf; hydro 2.0 GW is suggested by a stone-walled weir and small run-of-river powerhouse beside a glinting river in the right middle ground. Time is 09:00 on a cloudless July morning: bright, warm sunlight from the east casts long golden-tinged shadows across lush green meadows and crops; sky is completely clear, deep cerulean blue overhead fading to pale blue near the horizon; temperature around 18 °C conveyed by fresh morning atmosphere. The mood is calm and open, reflecting moderate electricity prices. 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, luminous atmospheric depth, visible confident brushwork, dramatic yet peaceful composition — but with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, PV module busbar, cooling tower shell, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 2 July 2026, 09:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-02T07:20 UTC · Download image