Grid Poet — 7 July 2026, 09:00
Strong wind and diffuse solar drive 83% renewables under full overcast, with 8.1 GW net export.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Germany's grid is generating 70.1 GW against 62.0 GW of consumption, yielding a net export position of 8.1 GW. Wind dominates at 29.9 GW combined (onshore 24.4, offshore 5.5), while solar contributes 23.0 GW despite full overcast—likely diffuse irradiance sustaining output from the large installed base, though direct normal irradiance is negligible at 12 W/m². Brown coal remains at 5.9 GW and natural gas at 4.5 GW, providing baseload and ramping support respectively; these thermal units are running despite an 83.2% renewable share, consistent with must-run obligations and contractual positions. The day-ahead price of 94.6 EUR/MWh is notably elevated for a period of oversupply, suggesting either high prices in neighboring markets absorbing exports, transmission congestion, or forward gas pricing effects keeping thermal marginal costs elevated.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a sky sealed shut in pewter grey, the turbines turn their tireless liturgy while brown coal's ancient breath still lingers, unwilling to cede its throne to the invisible sun. Eight gigawatts spill across the borders like a river that has forgotten its banks.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 35%
Wind offshore 8%
Solar 33%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 8%
83%
Renewable share
29.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
23.0 GW
Solar
70.1 GW
Total generation
+8.1 GW
Net export
94.6 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.2°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 12.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
115
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 24.4 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as vast ranks of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular steel towers stretching across rolling green hills into atmospheric haze; wind offshore 5.5 GW appears in the far background right as a line of turbines standing in a grey North Sea horizon. Solar 23.0 GW fills the mid-ground centre-left as enormous fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels covering gentle farmland slopes, their glass surfaces reflecting only dull grey sky with no sun glint. Brown coal 5.9 GW occupies the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes that merge into the overcast ceiling, with conveyor belts of dark lignite visible at ground level. Natural gas 4.5 GW sits centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with slender exhaust stacks and modest heat shimmer. Biomass 4.1 GW appears as a pair of smaller industrial facilities with cylindrical digesters and low chimneys amid hedgerows. Hard coal 1.4 GW is a single darkened coal plant with a tapered stack in the far left background. Hydro 1.3 GW is suggested by a small reservoir dam visible in a valley fold at centre. The sky is entirely overcast at 100% cloud cover—a uniform, heavy, oppressive blanket of stratocumulus in layered greys and muted whites pressing down on the landscape, conveying high electricity price tension. Lighting is full mid-morning daylight at 09:00 in July but entirely diffuse, soft, and shadowless. Temperature 18°C: lush green summer vegetation, full-leafed deciduous trees, tall grass, but no warmth in the light. Wind at 12.3 km/h gives gentle motion to grass and subtle blade rotation blur on the turbines. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—Caspar David Friedrich's atmospheric depth crossed with Adolph Menzel's industrial precision—rich layered colour, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic compositional scale contrasting human engineering against brooding nature. Meticulous engineering detail on every technology. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 7 July 2026, 09:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-07T07:20 UTC · Download image