Grid Poet — 5 July 2026, 16:00
Onshore wind (21.4 GW) and overcast solar (25.1 GW) drive 8.8 GW net export at near-zero prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Germany is generating 56.9 GW against 48.1 GW of consumption, yielding a net export of 8.8 GW. Wind onshore dominates at 21.4 GW, while solar contributes 25.1 GW despite full overcast — consistent with high diffuse irradiance on a warm July afternoon with heavy cloud cover. Thermal generation is minimal at 3.5 GW combined (gas, hard coal, brown coal), reflecting the near-total displacement of dispatchable plant by renewables at 93.8% share. The day-ahead price has slipped to −0.1 EUR/MWh, hovering just below zero as surplus renewable output suppresses clearing prices without triggering deep negative territory.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a silver veil the turbines turn and panels drink the pale diffuse light, pouring more power than the nation needs. The market price sinks to nothing, a whisper at the threshold of zero, as wind and cloud conspire to drown the grid in quiet abundance.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 38%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 44%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 2%
Hard coal 0%
Brown coal 3%
94%
Renewable share
23.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
25.1 GW
Solar
56.9 GW
Total generation
+8.9 GW
Net export
-0.1 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.8°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 18.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
42
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 21.4 GW dominates the right two-fifths of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade wind turbines with white lattice towers stretching across rolling green summer hills, blades visibly rotating in moderate wind. Solar 25.1 GW fills the centre-left as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels covering gentle farmland, their surfaces reflecting a uniformly grey-white overcast sky with no direct sun. Biomass 3.6 GW appears as a mid-ground cluster of industrial biogas facilities with squat stacks emitting thin pale exhaust. Brown coal 1.9 GW sits at the far left as two hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with modest steam plumes rising against the clouds. Wind offshore 1.9 GW is visible on the distant horizon as a faint line of offshore turbines above a hazy sea edge. Natural gas 1.4 GW is rendered as a single compact CCGT plant with a slender exhaust stack near the brown coal towers. Hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small dam and reservoir nestled in a wooded valley in the far background. Hard coal 0.2 GW is a barely visible small industrial building with a single thin stack, nearly lost at the left margin. The lighting is full July afternoon daylight at 16:00 but entirely diffuse — a thick, unbroken 100% cloud ceiling casts even, shadowless illumination across the landscape. No sun disk is visible. The air is mild at 19.8°C; lush green deciduous trees, tall summer grasses, and wildflowers fill the foreground. The atmosphere is calm and expansive, reflecting near-zero electricity prices — open, serene, unhurried. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich layered colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy on every nacelle, panel frame, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 5 July 2026, 16:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-05T14:20 UTC · Download image