Grid Poet — 9 August 2026, 12:00
Solar at 52.8 GW under clear skies drives 19.6 GW net export and a negative day-ahead price.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates this midday snapshot at 52.8 GW, accounting for over 80% of total generation under nearly cloudless skies and strong direct irradiance of 591 W/m². Combined with 2.7 GW of wind, 3.5 GW of biomass, and 1.5 GW of hydro, the renewable share reaches 92.0%. With consumption at 46.1 GW, the system is in a net export position of 19.6 GW, pushing the day-ahead price to −2.7 EUR/MWh — a modest negative price reflecting ample supply but not an unusual condition for a clear August midday. Brown coal baseload remains online at 3.3 GW alongside 1.4 GW of gas and 0.6 GW of hard coal, units that face marginal losses at current prices but likely remain dispatched due to minimum-run constraints and anticipated evening ramp needs.
Grid poem Claude AI
A sea of glass and silicon drinks the August zenith whole, spilling golden watts beyond the borders of the land. The grid exhales its bounty southward, and the price, ashamed, sinks below zero like a whispered confession to the blazing sky.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 3%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 80%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 2%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 5%
92%
Renewable share
2.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
52.8 GW
Solar
65.7 GW
Total generation
+19.6 GW
Net export
-2.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
28.1°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
3.0% / 591.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
58
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 52.8 GW dominates the scene as an immense field of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across roughly four-fifths of the composition, their aluminium frames glinting under fierce midday sun, occupying rolling farmland from the foreground deep into the middle distance. Brown coal 3.3 GW appears at the far left as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thin white steam plumes rising into the still air. Biomass 3.5 GW is rendered just left of centre as a compact wood-chip-fed power station with a squat stack and small steam output. Wind onshore 2.2 GW shows as a modest row of modern three-blade turbines on a low ridge at the right edge, blades barely turning in light breeze. Hydro 1.5 GW is a small concrete run-of-river weir with a visible spillway tucked into a wooded valley at the far right. Natural gas 1.4 GW appears as a single compact CCGT unit with a slim exhaust stack and faint heat shimmer, nestled near the cooling towers. Hard coal 0.6 GW is a single smaller conventional stack beside the gas plant, nearly lost among larger structures. The sky is vast, almost entirely clear — only 3% cloud cover — a luminous pale blue washed white near the horizon by summer haze, the sun directly overhead casting short shadows. The temperature is 28 °C: the landscape is parched late-summer German countryside, golden wheat stubble, dry grass, dusty paths, mature green lindens and oaks with slightly wilted leaves. The negative electricity price is reflected in an open, calm, almost drowsy atmosphere — expansive sky, no tension, languid heat haze. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — rich, layered colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and aerial perspective — but with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, PV cell pattern, cooling tower curvature, and exhaust stack detail. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 9 August 2026, 12:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-09T10:20 UTC · Download image