Grid Poet — 7 July 2026, 19:00
Strong onshore wind at 39.2 GW drives 83.8% renewable share and 6.8 GW net exports under full overcast.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 19:00 on a summer evening, onshore wind dominates generation at 39.2 GW, complemented by 5.0 GW offshore wind and 6.0 GW of residual solar output under full overcast. Fossil thermal plants contribute a combined 10.7 GW, with brown coal providing 6.1 GW of baseload, natural gas at 2.9 GW, and hard coal at 1.7 GW — all within normal dispatch ranges. Total generation of 66.2 GW exceeds the 59.4 GW domestic load by 6.8 GW, resulting in net exports of approximately 6.8 GW to neighboring markets. The day-ahead price of 86.2 EUR/MWh remains elevated despite the renewable share of 83.8% and export position, likely reflecting high gas-indexed marginal pricing on the thermal units still dispatched and sustained demand across the interconnected European market.
Grid poem Claude AI
A hundred turbines lean into the July gale, their blades carving rivers of power through a sunless, leaden sky. Below, the old furnaces of lignite still breathe their ancient smoke, anchoring the grid while the wind commands the hour.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 59%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 9%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 9%
84%
Renewable share
44.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
6.0 GW
Solar
66.2 GW
Total generation
+6.8 GW
Net export
86.2 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
24.1°C / 22 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
116
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 39.2 GW dominates the scene as vast ranks of three-blade wind turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles stretching across rolling green hills from the centre to the far right, their blades visibly spinning in strong wind; brown coal 6.1 GW occupies the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, with conveyor belts of dark lignite visible at their base; solar 6.0 GW appears as extensive fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels on gentle slopes in the centre-left middle ground, their surfaces dull and reflective-grey under overcast sky, producing no glint; wind offshore 5.0 GW is suggested on the distant horizon as a line of turbines rising from a faintly visible grey sea; biomass 4.0 GW shows as a modest industrial facility with cylindrical digesters and a single smokestack with thin exhaust in the left-centre middle ground; natural gas 2.9 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a sleek exhaust stack and modest vapour trail near the cooling towers; hard coal 1.7 GW appears as a smaller conventional power station with a rectangular boiler house and single stack behind the gas plant; hydro 1.3 GW is depicted as a small dam with a reservoir glinting faintly in the background valley. The sky is entirely overcast with heavy, layered stratocumulus clouds in dark grey and slate tones, no blue visible, creating a dense oppressive atmosphere reflecting the high 86.2 EUR/MWh price. The time is 19:00 in July — late dusk — with a faint warm orange-red glow along the lowest horizon line fading into darkening pewter and deep blue-grey sky above; the landscape is lit by the last ambient twilight, sodium-orange streetlights beginning to glow along roads. Lush midsummer vegetation, full deciduous trees in deep green, tall grass swaying strongly in the 21.6 km/h wind. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich's atmospheric depth combined with meticulous industrial-age accuracy — rich impasto brushwork, warm and cool tonal contrasts, dramatic scale showing the coexistence of ancient fossil infrastructure and modern renewables across a sweeping panoramic German lowland landscape. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 7 July 2026, 19:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-07T17:20 UTC · Download image