Grid Poet — 20 July 2026, 12:00
Solar at 41.6 GW and wind at 17.6 GW drive 91.5% renewables and 8.7 GW net export under heavy overcast.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At midday on 20 July 2026, the German grid is generating 70.2 GW against a consumption of 61.5 GW, yielding a net export position of 8.7 GW. Solar dominates at 41.6 GW despite 97% cloud cover, indicating that diffuse irradiance across Germany's extensive installed PV capacity is sufficient to drive output well above demand; direct normal irradiance in central Germany is only 82 W/m² but broad geographic distribution keeps aggregate output high. Wind contributes a combined 17.6 GW onshore and offshore, while brown coal maintains a notable 3.8 GW baseload alongside 3.8 GW of biomass. The day-ahead price has collapsed to 7.7 EUR/MWh, consistent with substantial oversupply and high renewable penetration at 91.5%, incentivizing exports and likely triggering curtailment or storage dispatch in neighboring markets.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a shroud of pewter cloud the silent panels drink what light remains, flooding the wires with invisible abundance. The old coal towers exhale their stubborn breath, but the world has already turned toward the pale, diffuse glow of a sun it cannot see.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 21%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 59%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 2%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 5%
92%
Renewable share
17.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
41.6 GW
Solar
70.2 GW
Total generation
+8.7 GW
Net export
7.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.8°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
97.0% / 82.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
62
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 41.6 GW dominates the scene as vast rolling fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across the entire right half and centre of the composition, their blue-grey surfaces reflecting a uniformly overcast sky; wind onshore 14.8 GW appears as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles dotting gentle green hills behind the solar fields, blades turning slowly in moderate breeze; wind offshore 2.8 GW is visible as a distant line of larger turbines on the hazy horizon above a silver river; brown coal 3.8 GW occupies the far left as two massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes merging into the overcast ceiling; biomass 3.8 GW appears as a cluster of modest industrial buildings with wood-chip silos and thin exhaust columns beside the cooling towers; natural gas 1.6 GW is a compact single CCGT plant with a slender exhaust stack and minimal heat shimmer at the left edge; hydro 1.3 GW is suggested by a small dam and reservoir nestled in a forested valley in the middle distance; hard coal 0.6 GW is a single small stack barely visible behind the biomass facility. The sky is a thick, unbroken blanket of pale grey stratus cloud at midday — full diffuse daylight with no shadows, no direct sun visible, a bright but flat luminosity across everything. The July landscape is lush with deep green deciduous trees, tall meadow grass, and wildflowers. The atmosphere is calm and open, reflecting the very low electricity price — no oppressive haze, just a serene overcast summer noon. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich colour palette, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective with depth receding to distant horizons, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, every panel frame, every cooling tower's hyperbolic curve and concrete texture, every steam plume rendered with volumetric realism. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 20 July 2026, 12:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-20T10:20 UTC · Download image