Grid Poet — 4 July 2026, 10:00
Solar at 34.9 GW and wind at 13.1 GW drive 92.7% renewable share, pushing prices to zero on net exports.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates at 34.9 GW despite 86% cloud cover, reflecting the long daylight hours and high diffuse irradiance typical of a July mid-morning; direct radiation of 162 W/m² confirms partly broken cloud rather than full overcast. Combined onshore and offshore wind contribute 13.1 GW under light winds of 5.7 km/h, a modest but meaningful complement. Thermal generation remains at minimal levels—brown coal 2.0 GW, natural gas 1.4 GW, hard coal 0.9 GW—consistent with must-run obligations and ancillary service provision rather than economic dispatch. With generation exceeding consumption by 6.3 GW, Germany is a net exporter of approximately 6.2 GW, and the day-ahead price has settled at effectively zero, reflecting the oversupply and limited marginal value of additional renewable output.
Grid poem Claude AI
A continent of glass and silicon drinks the veiled July sun, pouring power beyond what any city dares to ask. The market price dissolves to nothing—abundance itself becomes the burden of the grid.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 20%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 60%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 2%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 3%
93%
Renewable share
13.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
34.9 GW
Solar
57.8 GW
Total generation
+6.3 GW
Net export
-0.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.9°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
86.0% / 162.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
51
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 34.9 GW dominates the scene as an enormous expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gently rolling central German farmland, occupying roughly 60% of the composition from centre to right, their aluminium frames catching diffused white light. Wind onshore 11.5 GW appears as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers arrayed along ridgelines in the middle distance, blades turning lazily in light breeze. Wind offshore 1.6 GW is suggested by a faint cluster of offshore turbines visible on a hazy horizon at far right. Biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a modest wood-chip power station with a short stack and small steam plume at centre-left. Brown coal 2.0 GW occupies the far left as two hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with thin white steam columns rising into overcast sky. Hydro 1.5 GW appears as a small concrete run-of-river weir with churning water in the left foreground. Natural gas 1.4 GW is a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and faint heat shimmer just behind the hydro weir. Hard coal 0.9 GW is a small traditional brick power station with a squat chimney barely visible at the far left edge. The sky is July mid-morning daylight at 10:00, mostly overcast with 86% cloud cover—a high silvery-white cloud layer with occasional breaks letting shafts of warm sunlight through onto the solar arrays. Vegetation is lush midsummer green: wheat fields, wildflower meadows, lime and beech trees in full leaf, temperature around 17 °C giving a fresh, cool-toned atmosphere. The air feels calm and still, no dramatic wind. The mood is tranquil and abundant, reflecting a near-zero electricity price. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters—Caspar David Friedrich's atmospheric depth merged with Adolph Menzel's industrial precision—rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, luminous cloud studies, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every PV cell edge, every cooling tower's parabolic curve. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 4 July 2026, 10:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-04T08:20 UTC · Download image