Grid Poet — 9 August 2026, 10:00
Solar at 43.3 GW drives a 11.6 GW net export and near-zero prices on a calm summer morning.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates generation at 43.3 GW despite full cloud cover, which is consistent with the high direct radiation reading of 315 W/m² suggesting broken or thin cloud layers allowing substantial irradiance through. With total generation at 57.1 GW against 45.5 GW consumption, Germany is a net exporter of approximately 11.6 GW, and the day-ahead price has collapsed to 0.3 EUR/MWh accordingly. Brown coal at 3.6 GW and biomass at 3.9 GW continue as baseload contributors, while gas (1.4 GW) and hard coal (0.6 GW) remain near technical minimums. Wind contributes a modest 3.1 GW combined onshore and offshore, consistent with the near-calm 3.1 km/h surface winds across central Germany.
Grid poem Claude AI
A golden tide of photons floods the plains, drowning the price of power in its silent abundance. The old coal towers exhale their stubborn breath, whispering that even beneath an overcast sky, the sun has already won.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 5%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 76%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 6%
90%
Renewable share
3.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
43.3 GW
Solar
57.1 GW
Total generation
+11.7 GW
Net export
0.3 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
21.5°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 315.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
72
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 43.3 GW dominates the scene as an enormous expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling green summer hills, covering more than three-quarters of the composition, their aluminium frames catching diffused bright daylight under a uniformly overcast white-grey sky. Brown coal 3.6 GW appears in the left background as two hyperbolic cooling towers with lazy steam plumes rising into the haze. Biomass 3.9 GW stands as a cluster of modest industrial buildings with woodchip storage silos near the left-centre. Wind onshore 2.6 GW is represented by a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their rotors barely turning in the still air. Hydro 1.2 GW appears as a small concrete dam with a thin curtain of water in a valley at centre-right. Natural gas 1.4 GW is a compact CCGT plant with a single slender exhaust stack emitting a faint heat shimmer, placed in the right background. Wind offshore 0.5 GW is a faint row of turbines visible on the far horizon. Hard coal 0.6 GW is a single small smokestack beside the gas plant. The lighting is full mid-morning daylight at 10:00, bright but completely diffused by the overcast, casting no sharp shadows. Summer vegetation is lush and green, wildflowers dotting meadow edges. The atmosphere is calm, tranquil, and still — no wind ripples in grass or trees. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting with rich colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, panel frame, and cooling tower, evoking Caspar David Friedrich's sense of scale but applied to the modern industrial energy landscape. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 9 August 2026, 10:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-09T08:20 UTC · Download image