Grid Poet — 3 August 2026, 16:00
Solar at 38.2 GW leads an 84% renewable mix as extreme heat sustains high prices and 6.6 GW net exports.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates at 38.2 GW, accounting for 62% of total generation during this mid-afternoon summer hour, supported by 8.6 GW of combined wind and a baseload contribution from brown coal at 4.7 GW and hard coal at 2.7 GW. Generation exceeds consumption by 6.6 GW, yielding a net export position likely directed toward neighboring markets. Despite the strong renewable share of 84.1%, the day-ahead price remains elevated at 102.8 EUR/MWh, consistent with high cooling demand across Central Europe at 33.7 °C driving up regional prices and limiting the usual suppressive effect of solar oversupply. Thermal units — totaling 9.8 GW of gas and coal — remain online, likely providing inertia and ramping capability ahead of the evening solar decline.
Grid poem Claude AI
A molten sun presses its gold into a million glass facets, while beneath the shimmering haze, dark towers still exhale their ancient carbon breath. The grid groans under summer's blazing weight, exporting light it cannot wholly keep.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 8%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 62%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 8%
84%
Renewable share
8.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
38.2 GW
Solar
61.4 GW
Total generation
+6.6 GW
Net export
102.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
33.7°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
45.0% / 499.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
114
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 38.2 GW dominates the scene as a vast expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels covering gently rolling farmland across the right two-thirds of the composition, their aluminium frames glinting under intense direct sunlight filtered through partial cloud cover. Brown coal 4.7 GW occupies the far left as three hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into hazy air, flanked by conveyor belts and ash-grey lignite stockpiles. Hard coal 2.7 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired station just left of centre with a single tall smokestack trailing a thin grey plume. Wind onshore 5.1 GW is represented by a line of modern three-blade turbines on low ridges in the centre-left middle distance, their rotors barely turning in the near-still air. Wind offshore 3.5 GW appears as faint silhouettes of turbines along a distant horizon line suggesting the North Sea coast. Natural gas 2.4 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a single polished exhaust stack and small heat-recovery housing near the coal stations. Biomass 3.6 GW appears as a modest timber-clad facility with a short chimney and wood-chip piles beside it, nestled between the solar fields and the thermal plants. Hydro 1.2 GW is suggested by a small concrete dam and reservoir visible in a valley in the far background. The sky is bright mid-afternoon summer daylight at 16:00, with approximately 45% cloud cover — towering cumulus clouds with bright white tops and grey bases drift across a hazy blue sky, the sun powerful and high, casting strong shadows. The air feels oppressive and heavy, suggesting extreme heat of nearly 34 °C — the vegetation is deep green but slightly wilted, dry golden grass borders the fields, and a heat shimmer distorts the distant horizon. The atmosphere is thick and slightly hazy, conveying high electricity prices through a sense of heavy, pressing warmth. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective with luminous depth — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, PV panel frame, cooling tower curvature, and smokestack detail. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 3 August 2026, 16:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-03T14:20 UTC · Download image