Grid Poet — 2 August 2026, 12:00
Solar at 50.3 GW drives 92% renewable share and 15 GW net export under near-clear August skies.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates generation at 50.3 GW under nearly cloudless skies with 615 W/m² direct irradiance, accounting for roughly 80% of total output. Wind contributes a modest 2.5 GW combined amid light winds of 7.9 km/h, while brown coal persists at 3.1 GW alongside biomass at 3.8 GW and minor gas and hard coal contributions. With consumption at 48.0 GW, the system shows a net export position of approximately 15.0 GW, consistent with the mildly negative day-ahead price of −1.3 EUR/MWh reflecting ample midday supply across the interconnected European market. The 92.1% renewable share represents a strong summer midday profile typical for August, with thermal units running near technical minimums.
Grid poem Claude AI
A golden flood pours from the zenith, drowning the grid in light no wire can hold. The meters spin backward, and Germany exhales its brilliance across every border.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 4%
Wind offshore 0%
Solar 80%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 2%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 5%
92%
Renewable share
2.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
50.3 GW
Solar
62.9 GW
Total generation
+15.0 GW
Net export
-1.3 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
23.6°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
4.0% / 615.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
57
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 50.3 GW dominates the scene as a vast expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling central German farmland, occupying roughly four-fifths of the composition, their aluminium frames glinting under intense midday sun. Brown coal 3.1 GW appears at the far left as two hyperbolic cooling towers with thin white steam plumes rising lazily. Biomass 3.8 GW sits as a modest timber-clad biogas facility with a green domed digester just left of centre. Wind onshore 2.2 GW is represented by three tall three-blade turbines on a distant ridge at the right edge, their rotors barely turning in the light breeze. Natural gas 1.4 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with a single slim exhaust stack near the cooling towers. Hydro 1.3 GW is suggested by a small weir and powerhouse along a stream in the middle distance. Hard coal 0.5 GW is a single dark smokestack barely visible behind the gas plant. The sky is almost entirely clear with only the faintest wisp of cirrus at 4% cloud cover, brilliant summer blue overhead, the sun at its high noon zenith casting short sharp shadows. The temperature of 23.6°C is reflected in lush green summer vegetation — mature wheat fields between rows of solar panels, full-canopied deciduous trees along field boundaries, wildflowers at the edges. The atmosphere is calm, open, and luminous, befitting the negative electricity price — no oppressive haze, just serene clarity. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic landscape oil painting with rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth receding to a soft blue horizon, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, every PV cell grid line, every cooling tower's parabolic curve — a masterwork industrial pastoral. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 2 August 2026, 12:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-02T10:20 UTC · Download image