Grid Poet — 4 August 2026, 12:00
Solar at 47.1 GW drives 73% of generation, creating 8.0 GW net exports despite persistent thermal baseload.
Back
← older newer →
Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates generation at 47.1 GW despite 75% cloud cover, consistent with diffuse irradiance still driving substantial output from Germany's large installed PV base on a warm August midday. Total generation of 64.1 GW against 56.0 GW consumption yields a net export position of 8.0 GW. Thermal generation remains modest but notable: brown coal at 3.5 GW and hard coal at 2.2 GW continue baseload commitments, while gas at 1.6 GW likely provides flexibility and ancillary services. The day-ahead price of 87.3 EUR/MWh is elevated for a period with 88.7% renewable share and net exports, suggesting high prices in coupled markets or transmission congestion limiting full price depression from the oversupply.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a veiled sun the silicon fields blaze with quiet fury, flooding the grid until the wires themselves hum with golden excess. At the margins, old towers still breathe their grey plumes—stubborn sentinels refusing the retreat that noon demands.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 6%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 73%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 2%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 5%
89%
Renewable share
4.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
47.1 GW
Solar
64.1 GW
Total generation
+8.0 GW
Net export
87.3 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
27.3°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
75.0% / 201.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
82
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 47.1 GW dominates the entire composition as a vast rolling landscape of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across roughly three-quarters of the scene, their aluminium frames catching diffused midday light filtered through high overcast clouds. Brown coal 3.5 GW appears at the left edge as two hyperbolic cooling towers with lazy white steam plumes rising into the hazy sky. Hard coal 2.2 GW sits just right of the brown coal as a smaller power station with a tall chimney and coal conveyors. Wind onshore 3.8 GW occupies the mid-background as a cluster of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, blades turning slowly in the light 11 km/h breeze. Natural gas 1.6 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a single exhaust stack and modest heat shimmer, tucked between the coal plants and the solar field. Biomass 3.6 GW appears as a wood-clad industrial facility with a short smokestack and stacked timber nearby. Wind offshore 1.1 GW is glimpsed as distant turbines on a hazy horizon line suggesting the North Sea. Hydro 1.3 GW is a small concrete dam and penstock visible in a valley at the far right edge. The sky is midday bright but 75% overcast—a warm silvery-white dome with patches of blue breaking through, the sun a diffused bright disc visible through thin cloud. The landscape is lush midsummer green, fields of tall grass and wildflowers between panel rows, mature deciduous trees in full leaf, the air shimmering with 27°C summer heat. The atmosphere feels slightly heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high 87.3 EUR/MWh price. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting—rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective with depth fading into haze—yet every turbine nacelle, every PV cell grid line, every cooling tower's parabolic curve is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 4 August 2026, 12:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-04T10:20 UTC · Download image