Grid Poet — 9 July 2026, 10:00
Solar leads at 35 GW under overcast skies, with brown coal, gas, and hard coal providing 16 GW of thermal backup.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates generation at 35.0 GW despite 95% cloud cover, benefiting from diffuse radiation and long July daylight hours. Conventional thermal generation remains substantial, with brown coal at 7.6 GW, hard coal at 4.0 GW, and natural gas at 4.3 GW providing baseload and flexibility support. The system shows a modest net export of 1.9 GW, yet the day-ahead price sits at a relatively elevated 99.6 EUR/MWh, likely reflecting tight conditions across interconnected markets or ramping costs associated with midday thermal dispatch alongside high renewable feed-in. Wind contributes a modest 6.6 GW combined, consistent with the light 7.4 km/h surface winds observed in central Germany.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a veil of pewter cloud, ten thousand glass faces drink the pale light and pour it into copper veins that hum with summer's quiet thunder. Behind them, ancient towers breathe their white plumes skyward, coal's slow furnace refusing to sleep even as the sun claims three-fifths of the kingdom.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 8%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 56%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 12%
75%
Renewable share
6.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
35.0 GW
Solar
62.8 GW
Total generation
+1.9 GW
Net export
99.6 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.1°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
95.0% / 186.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
180
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 35.0 GW dominates the foreground and middle distance as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gently rolling farmland, occupying more than half the canvas. Brown coal 7.6 GW fills the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the overcast sky, accompanied by conveyor belts and lignite stockpiles. Wind onshore 5.0 GW appears as a line of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers on a ridge in the right middle distance, blades turning slowly in light wind. Natural gas 4.3 GW is rendered as a pair of compact CCGT power plants with slim exhaust stacks and modest heat shimmer, positioned centre-left behind the solar arrays. Hard coal 4.0 GW sits beside the brown coal complex as a smaller plant with a single large smokestack and coal bunkers. Biomass 4.0 GW appears as a modest wood-clad industrial facility with a short chimney and stacked timber, nestled among trees at the right edge. Wind offshore 1.6 GW is visible as tiny turbines on the far horizon where a sliver of grey sea meets grey sky. Hydro 1.3 GW is suggested by a small reservoir dam visible in a valley at the far right. The sky is heavily overcast at 95% cloud cover, a uniform blanket of warm grey-white stratocumulus with diffused bright daylight filtering through — full July midmorning illumination at 10:00, no direct sun but the landscape is well-lit with soft shadowless light. The atmosphere feels heavy, slightly oppressive, with humid summer haze reflecting the high electricity price. Temperature is mild at 18°C; vegetation is lush deep green — full summer foliage on deciduous trees, tall grass, wildflowers along field margins. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and aerial perspective, meticulous engineering detail on all technology elements — turbine nacelles, lattice towers, panel wiring, cooling tower reinforced concrete ribbing — creating a masterwork industrial landscape painting. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 9 July 2026, 10:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-09T08:20 UTC · Download image