Grid Poet — 29 July 2026, 10:00
Solar at 44 GW drives a 7 GW net export while brown coal holds 8.4 GW baseload under clear skies.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates generation at 44.0 GW under cloudless skies with 378 W/m² direct irradiance, accounting for two-thirds of the 66.5 GW total output. Wind contributes a modest 3.4 GW combined, consistent with near-calm conditions at 1.3 km/h. Thermal baseload remains substantial: brown coal at 8.4 GW, hard coal at 2.9 GW, and natural gas at 2.6 GW together provide 13.9 GW despite a 79.2% renewable share. Generation exceeds domestic consumption by 7.0 GW, resulting in net exports; however, the day-ahead price of 85.3 EUR/MWh is notably elevated for a summer mid-morning surplus, suggesting either high prices in coupled markets absorbing exports, transmission congestion, or anticipation of evening ramp needs as solar declines.
Grid poem Claude AI
A merciless July sun commands forty-four billion watts from silicon fields, drowning the grid in golden excess. Yet beneath the brilliance, lignite towers exhale their ancient breath, unmoved by the star's dominion.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 3%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 66%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 13%
79%
Renewable share
3.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
44.0 GW
Solar
66.5 GW
Total generation
+7.0 GW
Net export
85.3 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
21.8°C / 1 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 378.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
155
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 44.0 GW dominates the scene as vast crystalline silicon photovoltaic arrays stretching across rolling central German farmland, covering roughly two-thirds of the composition, their aluminium frames glinting under an intense, cloudless midsummer sky at 10 AM with high bright sunlight. Brown coal 8.4 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising vertically in the still air, connected to a lignite power station with conveyor belts and coal bunkers. Biomass 4.0 GW appears as mid-ground wood-chip-fed combined heat and power plants with modest stacks and stored timber piles. Wind onshore 2.2 GW is rendered as a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, rotors barely turning in the near-calm air. Hard coal 2.9 GW shows as a single large coal plant with tall chimneys and a coal yard to the right of the cooling towers. Natural gas 2.6 GW is depicted as a compact CCGT facility with a single polished exhaust stack and slim heat recovery unit, placed in the mid-left. Wind offshore 1.2 GW is suggested by faint turbines on the far horizon line. Hydro 1.2 GW appears as a small run-of-river weir with a stone powerhouse nestled along a stream in the foreground. The atmosphere is bright but carries a slightly heavy, hazy quality suggesting elevated market tension at 85.3 EUR/MWh — warm golden tones with a faintly oppressive shimmer above the horizon. Vegetation is lush midsummer green, wildflowers dotting field margins, temperature around 22°C. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, panel frame, and cooling tower shell. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 29 July 2026, 10:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-29T08:20 UTC · Download image