Grid Poet — 10 July 2026, 18:00
Solar leads at 20.1 GW but 13.1 GW net imports and coal fill a summer evening demand peak.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 18:00 on a clear midsummer evening, solar generation remains strong at 20.1 GW despite the advancing hour, contributing the largest single share of the 43.3 GW domestic output. Wind is subdued at 5.6 GW combined, reflecting light surface winds of 8.9 km/h. Thermal generation is substantial: brown coal at 6.8 GW, hard coal at 2.8 GW, and natural gas at 3.1 GW are all dispatched to cover the residual load of 13.1 GW, with the remaining shortfall of approximately 13.1 GW met by net imports. The day-ahead price of 128.4 EUR/MWh is elevated but consistent with a summer evening peak where solar is beginning to roll off and thermal units plus imports are required to serve 56.4 GW of demand driven in part by cooling loads at 25.6 °C.
Grid poem Claude AI
The sun still blazes on a field of glass, yet beneath its golden arc the furnaces of lignite breathe their ancient smoke, summoned by a hunger the light alone cannot sate. Across the border, borrowed electrons flow like mercenary rivers into the heart of a thirsting grid.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 13%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 46%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 16%
71%
Renewable share
5.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
20.1 GW
Solar
43.3 GW
Total generation
13.1 GW
Net import
128.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
25.6°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 418.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
212
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 20.1 GW dominates the right half of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across golden-green summer farmland, catching intense low-angle sunlight. Brown coal 6.8 GW occupies the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising against the sky, beside open-pit mine terraces. Wind onshore 5.4 GW appears as a line of tall three-blade turbines on gentle hills in the centre-left middle distance, rotors turning slowly in light breeze. Natural gas 3.1 GW is rendered as two compact CCGT power blocks with slim exhaust stacks and thin heat shimmer, positioned centre-left. Hard coal 2.8 GW shows as a single coal-fired station with a tall chimney and conveyor belts, adjacent to the lignite complex. Biomass 3.7 GW appears as a modest wood-clad biomass plant with a small smokestack amid stacked timber, set in the mid-ground. Hydro 1.1 GW is a small concrete run-of-river weir visible along a glinting river in the valley floor. Wind offshore 0.2 GW is barely suggested by two tiny turbines on the far horizon line. The sky is clear with zero cloud cover, and the sun is low in the west at roughly 30 degrees above the horizon, casting long warm golden-orange light across the landscape — the lighting of 18:00 in a German July, dusk approaching but not yet arrived, sky transitioning from rich blue overhead to warm amber-peach near the horizon. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the beauty, a haze thickening the lower sky, reflecting the high electricity price. Lush green summer vegetation, warm 25.6 °C feel with heat shimmer over dark surfaces. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective — yet every turbine nacelle, every PV cell grid line, every cooling tower's hyperbolic curvature is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 10 July 2026, 18:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-10T16:20 UTC · Download image