Grid Poet — 21 July 2026, 16:00
Solar at 35.6 GW leads an 89% renewable mix on a partly cloudy summer afternoon with slight net export.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates at 35.6 GW, contributing nearly 62% of total generation during this mid-afternoon summer hour with 404 W/m² direct irradiance and only 33% cloud cover. Combined onshore and offshore wind add 11.0 GW, bringing the renewable share to 88.9%. Lignite baseload persists at 4.1 GW alongside 1.7 GW of natural gas, reflecting must-run obligations and heat commitments rather than any scarcity signal. Generation exceeds consumption by 0.6 GW, resulting in a modest net export; the day-ahead price of 62.2 EUR/MWh is unremarkable for a summer weekday afternoon with moderate but not extreme solar saturation.
Grid poem Claude AI
A golden tide of photons floods the plain, drowning the smoldering embers of lignite in radiant silence. The grid breathes easy, balanced on a knife-edge of light and legacy coal smoke.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 16%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 62%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 7%
89%
Renewable share
11.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
35.6 GW
Solar
57.7 GW
Total generation
+0.7 GW
Net export
62.2 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
22.3°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
33.0% / 404.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
80
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 35.6 GW dominates the scene as an immense foreground and middle-ground expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gently rolling summer fields, their aluminium frames glinting under strong afternoon sun; wind onshore 9.4 GW appears as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers lining a ridgeline in the right third of the composition, blades turning slowly in a light breeze; brown coal 4.1 GW occupies the far left background as a pair of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with lazy white steam plumes rising against the sky; biomass 3.6 GW is rendered as a modest industrial plant with a woodchip storage yard and single low exhaust stack just left of centre; natural gas 1.7 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with a sleek exhaust stack and thin heat shimmer, nestled between the biomass plant and the cooling towers; wind offshore 1.6 GW is suggested by a distant cluster of turbines on a hazy horizon line above a faint strip of sea glimpsed between hills; hydro 1.2 GW is a small dam and spillway in a wooded valley at far right; hard coal 0.5 GW is a single modest stack with a thin wisp of smoke beside the lignite plant. Time is 4 PM in high summer: the sun is high in the western part of the sky, casting warm, full daylight; sky is mostly blue with scattered cumulus clouds covering roughly a third of the dome; temperature 22 °C drives lush green deciduous foliage on oaks and linden trees framing the scene. The atmosphere is calm and clear, neither oppressive nor stormy, reflecting a moderate electricity price. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich saturated colour palette of deep greens, golden yellows, cerulean blue sky; visible impasto brushwork in the clouds and foliage; atmospheric aerial perspective fading distant cooling towers into a soft haze; meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, PV cell grid pattern, and cooling tower parabolic curve. No text, no labels, no human figures.
Grid data: 21 July 2026, 16:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-21T14:20 UTC · Download image