Grid Poet — 7 July 2026, 16:00
Strong onshore wind at 36.3 GW and 25.7 GW solar drive a 19.3 GW net export with slightly negative prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Germany's grid is operating in significant net export at 16:00 on a warm summer afternoon, with total generation of 77.2 GW against 57.9 GW consumption, yielding 19.3 GW of net exports. Wind onshore dominates at 36.3 GW, complemented by 25.7 GW of solar despite 99% cloud cover — the 311 W/m² direct radiation indicates broken or thin cloud allowing substantial diffuse and intermittent direct irradiance. The day-ahead price has turned marginally negative at -0.5 EUR/MWh, consistent with the large renewable surplus; brown coal at 3.6 GW and natural gas at 1.7 GW remain online likely for system stability and contractual must-run obligations. Biomass contributes a steady 3.6 GW baseload while hard coal has throttled to a near-minimum 0.3 GW, reflecting appropriate merit-order dispatch under these conditions.
Grid poem Claude AI
A great wind sweeps the summer plain, bending turbine blades like fields of steel wheat, while hidden sunlight presses through a veil of cloud to flood the grid with more power than any city can drink. The price dips below zero — an empire of electrons with no throne to sit upon.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 47%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 33%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 2%
Hard coal 0%
Brown coal 5%
93%
Renewable share
41.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
25.7 GW
Solar
77.2 GW
Total generation
+19.3 GW
Net export
-0.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
27.8°C / 24 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
99.0% / 311.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
51
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 36.3 GW dominates the scene, filling nearly half the canvas from centre to right with vast rows of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling green summer hills, blades spinning vigorously in strong wind, grasses and wildflowers bending noticeably. Solar 25.7 GW occupies a third of the composition in the foreground and middle-ground as expansive fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels angled southward, their glass surfaces reflecting diffused white light from the overcast sky. Brown coal 3.6 GW appears at the far left as two large hyperbolic cooling towers with modest white steam plumes drifting in the wind, attached to an industrial complex with conveyor belts and lignite bunkers. Biomass 3.6 GW sits just left of centre as a cluster of mid-sized biomass plants with cylindrical silos and modest chimneys emitting thin wisps of pale smoke. Wind offshore 4.9 GW is visible on the distant horizon as a line of offshore turbines emerging from a hazy seascape. Natural gas 1.7 GW appears as a compact modern CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and attached heat recovery unit, placed between the coal complex and biomass cluster. Hydro 1.2 GW is suggested by a small dam and reservoir nestled in a valley at the far right edge. Hard coal 0.3 GW is a single small stack barely smoking near the lignite plant. The sky is almost entirely covered by a thick, luminous overcast layer at 99% cloud cover, yet the afternoon light at 16:00 in July is bright and diffuse — warm white-grey sky with occasional thin breaks hinting at sun behind, casting soft even illumination without sharp shadows. Temperature is 27.8°C: lush deep-green deciduous trees in full summer foliage, heat shimmer rising from the PV fields. The atmosphere feels calm and open despite the clouds, reflecting the near-zero electricity price — no oppressive weight, just a vast productive stillness. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated greens and warm earth tones, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective with distant elements softening into haze, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, PV cell grid pattern, and cooling tower hyperbolic curve. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 7 July 2026, 16:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-07T14:20 UTC · Download image