Grid Poet — 19 July 2026, 18:00
Onshore wind at 20.6 GW and fading solar at 17.2 GW dominate a 92%-renewable evening grid with modest net exports.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 18:00 on a midsummer evening, the German grid is 92% renewable with wind onshore dominant at 20.6 GW, complemented by 17.2 GW of late-afternoon solar still producing meaningfully despite 70% cloud cover and 181 W/m² direct radiation. Total generation of 50.6 GW exceeds consumption of 49.1 GW, resulting in a net export of 1.5 GW. Thermal generation is minimal — brown coal at 2.2 GW providing baseload inertia, natural gas and hard coal together contributing only 1.8 GW — consistent with a system where dispatchable plants are cycling down against high renewable output. The day-ahead price of 47.8 EUR/MWh sits at a moderate level, reflecting sufficient supply but not deep oversupply, likely supported by export demand from neighboring markets and the approaching evening ramp as solar declines.
Grid poem Claude AI
The turbines drink the long summer wind while the sun, veiled but undefeated, pours its last amber through the clouds onto fields of glass and steel. Beneath this restless sky the old furnaces stand nearly silent, their breath a thin whisper against the chorus of a grid reborn.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 41%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 34%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 4%
92%
Renewable share
24.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
17.2 GW
Solar
50.6 GW
Total generation
+1.4 GW
Net export
47.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.6°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
70.0% / 181.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
56
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 20.6 GW dominates the scene as vast ranks of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular steel towers stretching across rolling green hills from the centre to the far right, their rotors turning steadily in moderate wind. Solar 17.2 GW fills the middle-ground as expansive fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels angled westward, catching diffused amber light. Wind offshore 3.5 GW appears on the distant horizon as a line of tall turbines standing in a faintly visible sea. Biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a cluster of mid-sized industrial facilities with rectangular exhaust stacks and wood-chip storage domes at the lower left. Brown coal 2.2 GW appears as two hyperbolic cooling towers with thin steam plumes rising from the far left background. Hydro 1.4 GW is a small concrete dam with cascading water in a valley at lower centre-left. Natural gas 1.4 GW is a compact single-stack CCGT plant with a modest exhaust plume beside the brown coal towers. Hard coal 0.4 GW is a single small smokestack barely visible behind the gas plant. The sky is dusk at 18:00 in July — the sun is low on the western horizon, an orange-red glow illuminates the lower sky through 70% broken cloud cover, with blue-grey darkening tones above. Temperature is a pleasant 19.6°C; lush midsummer green vegetation, wildflowers in meadows, deciduous trees in full leaf. The atmosphere is moderate — neither oppressive nor serene — with layered cumulus clouds lit from beneath in gold and coral. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with aerial perspective, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, PV cell pattern, cooling tower concrete texture, and plume dynamics. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 19 July 2026, 18:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-19T16:20 UTC · Download image