Grid Poet — 3 August 2026, 10:00
Solar at 43 GW drives 9.1 GW net exports while coal and gas hold firm at elevated prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates at 43.0 GW, contributing 62.7% of total generation during a partially cloudy mid-morning hour with 267 W/m² direct irradiance — a strong but not peak performance consistent with 50% cloud cover. Combined wind output is modest at 7.3 GW, reflecting the near-calm 3.0 km/h surface winds. Thermal baseload remains substantial: brown coal at 6.3 GW, hard coal at 3.5 GW, and natural gas at 3.3 GW collectively provide 13.1 GW, likely maintained for inertia and evening ramp readiness. Generation exceeds consumption by 9.1 GW, indicating a net export of approximately 9.1 GW to neighboring markets, though the day-ahead price of 110.8 EUR/MWh is notably elevated for a high-renewable hour — possibly reflecting tight capacity expectations for the evening ramp or high gas-indexed thermal marginal costs.
Grid poem Claude AI
A solar flood pours gold across the Rhineland plain, yet coal towers stand unmoved, exhaling their ancient breath into a sky that cannot decide between brilliance and shadow. Nine gigawatts spill across the borders like a river overrunning its banks, and still the price burns high.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 7%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 63%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 9%
81%
Renewable share
7.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
43.0 GW
Solar
68.6 GW
Total generation
+9.1 GW
Net export
110.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
21.6°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
50.0% / 267.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
137
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 43.0 GW dominates the entire right two-thirds of the canvas as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling green summer farmland, their surfaces catching strong mid-morning light through broken cumulus clouds. Brown coal 6.3 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the humid air. Hard coal 3.5 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired station with a tall brick chimney and conveyor belts of dark fuel beside the cooling towers. Natural gas 3.3 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT facility with a gleaming single exhaust stack and modest heat shimmer, positioned left of centre. Wind onshore 4.8 GW appears as a line of widely spaced three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their rotors barely turning in the near-calm air. Wind offshore 2.5 GW is suggested by a handful of turbines visible on a hazy horizon line above a sliver of grey-blue North Sea at the far left edge. Biomass 3.9 GW is a modest timber-clad biogas plant with a rounded green digester dome and small smokestack near the village. Hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small concrete run-of-river weir on a stream in the middle ground. The sky is dramatic and heavy despite the sunshine — towering cumulus clouds with dark grey bases fill half the sky, creating an oppressive, humid atmosphere reflecting the high 110.8 EUR/MWh price. Bright August daylight at 10:00 AM illuminates the scene from the east-southeast; shadows are relatively short. Lush green summer vegetation, deciduous trees in full leaf, wildflowers along field edges, temperature around 22°C. Transmission towers with high-voltage lines cross the middle ground, connecting all sources. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro between sun-lit panels and cloud shadows — but with meticulous engineering accuracy for every technology. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 3 August 2026, 10:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-03T08:20 UTC · Download image