Grid Poet — 11 August 2026, 10:00
Solar at 43 GW drives 86% renewables and 10.5 GW net exports on a clear August morning.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates the generation stack at 43.0 GW, consistent with strong direct radiation of 351 W/m² under largely clear skies in mid-August. Combined with 11.2 GW of wind (onshore 8.5 GW, offshore 2.7 GW), the renewable share reaches 86.4%, leaving thermal plants in a baseload-support role: brown coal at 5.1 GW, natural gas at 2.7 GW, and hard coal at 1.6 GW. Total generation of 68.7 GW exceeds consumption of 58.2 GW, yielding a net export position of 10.5 GW, yet the day-ahead price holds at 57.8 EUR/MWh — a moderate level suggesting neighboring markets are absorbing the export flow without steep discounting, and that thermal units remain price-setting at the margin despite the large renewable share.
Grid poem Claude AI
A summer sun commands the silicon fields, pouring forty-three golden gigawatts across a land that drinks far less than it is given. Beyond the humming wires, the surplus light flows outward like a river seeking foreign seas.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 12%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 63%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 7%
86%
Renewable share
11.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
43.0 GW
Solar
68.7 GW
Total generation
+10.5 GW
Net export
57.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.0°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
13.0% / 351.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
98
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 43.0 GW dominates the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across the entire right two-thirds of the composition, angled toward a brilliant mid-morning sun at 10:00, glinting with blue-white reflections. Wind onshore 8.5 GW appears as a long row of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and visible nacelles on a gentle ridge in the centre-left middle distance, blades turning slowly in light wind. Wind offshore 2.7 GW is suggested by a cluster of turbines on the far horizon above a faint strip of northern sea. Brown coal 5.1 GW occupies the far left as a pair of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes rising into the sky, with a conveyor belt of dark lignite visible at the plant's base. Natural gas 2.7 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and thin heat shimmer, nestled between the coal plant and the wind turbines. Hard coal 1.6 GW is a smaller industrial complex with a single square cooling tower and a dark coal stockpile beside rail tracks. Biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a modest wood-clad biomass plant with a rounded silo and thin white exhaust, set among green trees in the mid-ground. Hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small concrete weir with cascading water at the bottom-left corner beside a river. The sky is almost entirely clear with only 13% wispy cirrus clouds, bright and luminous with full August daylight, the sun high in the east-southeast. The landscape is lush high-summer green — deciduous trees in full dark foliage, meadow grasses, wildflowers. Temperature 17°C gives a fresh, dewy quality to the morning light. The atmosphere is calm and open, not oppressive, reflecting a moderate electricity price. High-voltage transmission pylons with catenary cables cross the middle distance, carrying power toward the horizon, symbolizing exports. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective with depth receding to a hazy blue horizon, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every panel frame, every cooling tower's parabolic curve. No text, no labels, no human figures.
Grid data: 11 August 2026, 10:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-11T08:20 UTC · Download image