Grid Poet — 5 July 2026, 09:00
Wind and overcast solar together exceed demand, driving near-zero prices and 6.8 GW net exports.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Germany's grid at 09:00 on a summer Sunday morning is deeply oversupplied, with 55.2 GW of generation against 48.4 GW of consumption, yielding a net export position of 6.8 GW. Wind onshore dominates at 20.2 GW, complemented by 22.5 GW of solar — though cloud cover is near-total at 98%, the long July daylight and diffuse irradiance still support substantial PV output. The 93.1% renewable share has collapsed the day-ahead price to 1.4 EUR/MWh, reflecting ample supply and limited weekday industrial demand. Brown coal persists at 2.1 GW as baseload must-run capacity, while gas generation is minimal at 1.4 GW, consistent with the near-zero marginal clearing price.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a pewter sky the turbines turn in ceaseless choir, their harvest flooding southward through the wires like a river that knows no thirst. The coal plants smolder low, stubborn embers in a world already lit by invisible wind.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 36%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 41%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 0%
Brown coal 4%
93%
Renewable share
23.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
22.5 GW
Solar
55.2 GW
Total generation
+6.8 GW
Net export
1.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.7°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
98.0% / 10.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
48
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 22.5 GW fills the centre-right as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across flat farmland, their glass surfaces reflecting only the dull grey of heavy overcast — no direct sunlight, no glare. Wind onshore 20.2 GW dominates the left half and background as dozens of towering three-blade turbines on tubular steel towers, rotors turning steadily in moderate breeze, receding in rows toward the horizon. Wind offshore 3.4 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines visible through haze on the far-left horizon. Biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial facility with a squat rectangular plant, woodchip storage silos, and a thin white exhaust plume. Brown coal 2.1 GW occupies the far left as a pair of large hyperbolic cooling towers emitting heavy white-grey steam, with conveyor belts and a lignite stockpile at their base. Natural gas 1.4 GW appears as a compact CCGT unit with a single slender exhaust stack and faint heat shimmer, placed between the coal plant and the wind turbines. Hydro 1.3 GW is suggested by a small river weir and low concrete run-of-river powerhouse in the foreground. Hard coal 0.2 GW is a single distant smokestack, barely smoking. The sky is a uniform 98% overcast — a thick blanket of pale grey stratiform cloud with no blue patches and no direct sun, yet fully lit by diffuse daytime light at 09:00 in July. The landscape is lush green summer — deciduous trees in full leaf, tall grass, wildflowers, temperature around 19°C suggesting comfortable mild morning. The atmosphere is calm and open, reflecting the rock-bottom electricity price. Painted as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — Caspar David Friedrich's atmospheric depth combined with Adolph Menzel's industrial precision — rich colour palette of sage greens, steel greys, and muted silver, visible confident brushwork, luminous atmospheric perspective. Every piece of energy infrastructure rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles, lattice sub-structures, panel racking, cooling tower parabolic curves, conveyor gantries. No text, no labels, no human figures prominent.
Grid data: 5 July 2026, 09:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-05T07:20 UTC · Download image