Grid Poet — 6 July 2026, 07:00
Wind leads at 16.5 GW but dense overcloud and 17.1 GW net imports define a tight Monday morning.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 07:00 on a heavily overcast July morning, Germany's grid draws 57.7 GW against 40.6 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 17.1 GW of net imports. Wind contributes a combined 16.5 GW (onshore 11.1 GW, offshore 5.4 GW), while solar delivers only 7.9 GW — well below its summer potential — suppressed by 96% cloud cover and near-zero direct radiation. Brown coal provides a firm 5.8 GW baseload, supplemented by 2.6 GW hard coal and 2.5 GW gas, reflecting the need for conventional dispatch to cover the substantial import gap. The day-ahead price of 139.6 EUR/MWh is elevated but consistent with a high-demand Monday morning where domestic renewables, despite a 73.1% share of generation, fall well short of total load.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a leaden sky the turbines hum their restless hymn, while ancient coal fires burn below to fill the gap the clouds have made. Germany reaches across its borders with open hands, drawing power from unseen neighbors as the morning light refuses to break through.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 27%
Wind offshore 13%
Solar 19%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 14%
73%
Renewable share
16.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
7.9 GW
Solar
40.6 GW
Total generation
17.1 GW
Net import
139.6 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.4°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
96.0% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
196
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 11.1 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles stretching across rolling green summer hills; wind offshore 5.4 GW appears in the far background as a line of taller turbines rising from a grey North Sea horizon; solar 7.9 GW occupies the centre-right as broad fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels angled on metal racks, their surfaces reflecting only the dull grey sky with no sunlight; brown coal 5.8 GW fills the left quarter as massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes from a sprawling lignite plant with conveyor belts and ash-grey spoil heaps; hard coal 2.6 GW sits adjacent as a smaller coal plant with rectangular mechanical-draft cooling towers and a tall brick chimney; natural gas 2.5 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with a single gleaming exhaust stack and modest heat-recovery steam generator; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a cluster of mid-sized industrial buildings with wood-chip silos and short stacks emitting thin white vapour in the centre-left; hydro 1.3 GW is a small concrete dam and penstock visible in a wooded valley at the far left. The sky is an oppressive, heavy blanket of 96% stratiform cloud in tones of slate grey and charcoal, pressing low over the landscape, creating a suffocating atmospheric weight reflecting the 139.6 EUR/MWh price. The time is early morning dawn at 07:00 in July — a pale, diffuse pre-dawn greyish light filters through the thick clouds, no direct sunlight visible, the east horizon shows only the faintest warm grey glow beneath the cloud deck. The landscape is lush midsummer green — tall grasses, deciduous trees in full leaf — at 15.4°C with a moderate breeze bending the grass. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting with rich colour, visible textured brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective, dramatic tonal contrasts between the dark industrial foreground and the luminous grey distance, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine blade, every cooling tower curve, every panel frame. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 6 July 2026, 07:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-06T05:20 UTC · Download image