Grid Poet — 25 July 2026, 08:00
Solar leads at 23 GW under clear skies; brown coal provides 8 GW baseload as wind remains nearly calm.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates generation at 23.0 GW under clear skies, accounting for nearly half of total output, though direct radiation at 54 W/m² suggests panels are still ramping up in the early morning angle. Brown coal contributes a substantial 8.0 GW baseload, with hard coal adding 2.9 GW and gas 2.1 GW, keeping thermal generation at roughly 28% of the mix. Wind is notably weak at 5.0 GW combined, consistent with the near-calm 2.2 km/h surface winds across central Germany. Domestic generation falls 1.0 GW short of consumption at 47.4 GW, indicating a net import of approximately 1.0 GW; the day-ahead price of 83.5 EUR/MWh reflects moderate thermal dispatch costs and the light wind shortfall despite strong solar conditions.
Grid poem Claude AI
A blazing sun crowns the summer plain, its golden tide flooding a million crystalline faces—yet beneath the radiance, the old furnaces of lignite still breathe their ancient smoke, unwilling to yield the dawn. The wind has gone silent, and the grid holds its breath between two ages.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 7%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 50%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 17%
72%
Renewable share
5.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
23.0 GW
Solar
46.4 GW
Total generation
1.1 GW
Net import
83.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.9°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 54.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
211
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 23.0 GW dominates the centre and right of the composition as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across rolling hills, catching bright morning sunlight from the east. Brown coal 8.0 GW occupies the left third as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the sky, flanked by conveyor belts and lignite stockpiles. Wind onshore 3.0 GW appears as a sparse row of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, rotors barely turning. Wind offshore 2.0 GW is glimpsed as tiny turbines on a far horizon line. Biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial facility with cylindrical digesters and a low exhaust stack emitting thin vapour. Hard coal 2.9 GW appears as a single large power station with rectangular cooling towers and a tall chimney near the lignite complex. Natural gas 2.1 GW is a compact CCGT plant with a single gleaming exhaust stack tucked between the coal plant and the solar fields. Hydro 1.0 GW appears as a small dam with spillway visible in a wooded valley at the far right edge. The sky is completely cloudless, a deep summer blue with full morning daylight at 08:00, the sun low in the east casting long golden shadows across the landscape. The air feels slightly heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, with a faint haze near the thermal plants suggesting the moderately high electricity price. Temperature is cool for July at 10.9°C: the vegetation is lush midsummer green but with morning dew still glistening on grass. No wind motion in the trees or turbine blades. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting—rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and luminous skies in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, but with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, panel array, and cooling tower. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 25 July 2026, 08:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-25T06:20 UTC · Download image