Grid Poet — 8 August 2026, 18:00
Solar dominates at 18.1 GW under clear skies, but 14.9 GW net imports fill the gap as demand peaks.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 18:00 on a hot August evening, solar remains the dominant source at 18.1 GW, benefiting from clear skies and 382 W/m² direct irradiance, though output is beginning its late-afternoon decline. Wind contributes a modest 1.3 GW combined, consistent with the light 9.9 km/h surface winds. Brown coal at 4.3 GW and hard coal at 1.2 GW provide baseload support, while gas-fired plants contribute 1.6 GW. Domestic generation totals 31.5 GW against consumption of 46.4 GW, requiring approximately 14.9 GW of net imports; the 140 EUR/MWh day-ahead price reflects this tight supply-demand balance during a period of high cooling demand and approaching solar ramp-down.
Grid poem Claude AI
The sun still blazes across a parched and cloudless land, but beneath its golden dominion the turbines of coal grind on, and from beyond the borders a river of borrowed power flows inward to feed the insatiable summer heat. Soon the panels will darken, and the price of light will be counted in imported fire.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 3%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 58%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 14%
78%
Renewable share
1.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
18.1 GW
Solar
31.5 GW
Total generation
14.9 GW
Net import
140.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
26.8°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 382.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
164
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 18.1 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across golden-stubble farmland, angled toward a low western sun; brown coal 4.3 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the sky; biomass 3.8 GW appears as a mid-ground industrial facility with cylindrical storage silos and a modest smokestack; natural gas 1.6 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and thin heat shimmer; hard coal 1.2 GW shows as a smaller coal plant with conveyor belts and a rectangular stack beside the brown coal complex; hydro 1.2 GW is a concrete dam with water cascading in the middle distance near a river valley; wind onshore 1.0 GW appears as a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, blades barely turning in light wind; wind offshore 0.3 GW is suggested by faint turbine silhouettes on a hazy far horizon. The sky is completely clear, zero clouds, a deep saturated blue overhead transitioning to warm amber and orange-red near the horizon as the sun descends toward 18:00 dusk — the light is intensely golden, casting long dramatic shadows eastward across the landscape. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, a heat haze shimmering above the solar fields and coal stacks, conveying the high electricity price. Summer vegetation is lush but dry, with parched grasses and deep green deciduous trees. High-tension transmission lines cross the scene, symbolizing the massive import flows. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated colour palette, visible impasto brushwork, luminous atmospheric depth reminiscent of Caspar David Friedrich merged with industrial realism. Meticulous engineering detail on all technologies: turbine nacelles, panel wiring, cooling tower ribbing, conveyor mechanisms. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 8 August 2026, 18:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-08T16:20 UTC · Download image