Grid Poet — 11 August 2026, 08:00
Solar leads at 20.7 GW with wind at 12.8 GW, but 4.7 GW net imports fill the morning demand gap.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 08:00 on a clear August morning, German renewables supply 73.1% of generation, led by solar at 20.7 GW ramping through the early hours and wind contributing a combined 12.8 GW onshore and offshore. Brown coal remains baseloaded at 7.4 GW alongside 3.9 GW of natural gas and 2.9 GW of hard coal, reflecting inertia in thermal dispatch despite strong renewable output. Domestic generation of 52.9 GW falls short of the 57.6 GW demand, requiring approximately 4.7 GW of net imports. The day-ahead price of 143.8 EUR/MWh is elevated for this renewable share, likely driven by high morning demand, import costs, and thermal units still needed to balance the residual load.
Grid poem Claude AI
A golden sun pours light upon ten million silicon faces, yet beneath the brilliance, coal furnaces still breathe their ancient smoke into the August air. The grid drinks deeply from both worlds—clean radiance and buried carbon—hungry still for more than either alone can give.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 16%
Wind offshore 8%
Solar 39%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 14%
73%
Renewable share
12.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
20.7 GW
Solar
52.9 GW
Total generation
4.7 GW
Net import
143.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.5°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 82.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
193
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 20.7 GW dominates the right half of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gentle green hills, their surfaces gleaming under a clear morning sun low in the east; brown coal 7.4 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes; wind onshore 8.7 GW appears as a long line of three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and visible nacelles standing across the mid-ground ridge, their blades turning slowly in light breeze; wind offshore 4.1 GW is visible in the far background as a cluster of offshore turbines on a hazy horizon line above a distant sea; natural gas 3.9 GW sits in the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks and thin heat shimmer; hard coal 2.9 GW appears beside the brown coal plant as a smaller facility with a single square chimney and conveyor belts carrying dark fuel; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-chip-fired plant with a modest stack and timber storage yard in the left middle ground; hydro 1.2 GW appears as a small concrete run-of-river dam with white spillway water in the lower-left corner. The sky is completely clear with zero clouds, bright morning daylight from the east casting long westward shadows, the atmosphere carrying a faintly oppressive warmth and industrial haze suggesting high electricity prices. Summer vegetation is lush but the temperature of 13.5°C gives a slight cool-morning mist in the valleys. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and aerial perspective—rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy for every technology. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 11 August 2026, 08:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-11T06:20 UTC · Download image