Grid Poet — 11 August 2026, 14:00
Solar at 53 GW drives 17.5 GW net exports and near-zero prices under cloudless August skies.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates the generation mix at 53.0 GW under cloudless skies with 695 W/m² direct irradiance, accounting for 72.9% of total generation alone. With total generation at 72.7 GW against 55.2 GW consumption, Germany is in a net export position of 17.5 GW, consistent with the day-ahead price sitting at -0.1 EUR/MWh — effectively zero, reflecting the oversupply. Lignite baseload persists at 4.3 GW alongside 1.8 GW of gas and 0.6 GW of hard coal, collectively modest but notable given the near-negative pricing environment; these units are likely running on must-run obligations or contractual inflexibility. Wind contributes a combined 8.1 GW — moderate for installed capacity — consistent with the light 9.4 km/h winds observed at surface level, while biomass and hydro provide a steady 4.8 GW of dispatchable renewable baseload.
Grid poem Claude AI
A blinding meridian sun pours fifty-three billion watts across silicon fields, drowning the grid in light so abundant the market forgets the meaning of price. The old lignite towers still breathe their ancient exhale, stubborn ghosts standing knee-deep in a golden flood they cannot stop.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 9%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 73%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 6%
91%
Renewable share
8.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
53.0 GW
Solar
72.7 GW
Total generation
+17.5 GW
Net export
-0.1 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
22.4°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 695.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
67
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 53.0 GW dominates the entire panorama as vast crystalline silicon PV arrays stretching across rolling central German farmland, thousands of aluminium-framed panels glinting under intense midday sun, occupying roughly three-quarters of the composition. Brown coal 4.3 GW appears in the left background as two hyperbolic cooling towers with thin white steam plumes rising into the clear sky. Wind onshore 6.7 GW and offshore 1.4 GW together represented as a line of roughly a dozen three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, blades turning slowly in gentle breeze, arrayed along a ridge in the middle distance occupying about one-eighth of the scene. Biomass 3.6 GW shown as a modest wood-chip power station with a low industrial building and single smokestack near the cooling towers. Natural gas 1.8 GW rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a single slim exhaust stack, dwarfed beside the coal infrastructure. Hydro 1.2 GW depicted as a small run-of-river weir and powerhouse along a quiet river threading through the foreground. Hard coal 0.6 GW visible as a distant smaller stack beside the lignite complex. The sky is absolutely cloudless, deep cerulean blue, blazing white-gold sun high overhead at 14:00 casting short sharp shadows. Summer vegetation: lush green deciduous trees, golden-green wheat fields between panel rows, wildflowers at field edges. Temperature 22°C gives warm but not hazy air, crisp visibility to the horizon. The atmosphere feels calm, open, almost serene — reflecting near-zero electricity prices. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — Caspar David Friedrich's atmospheric depth merged with Adolph Menzel's industrial precision. Rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, golden-warm palette, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every panel junction box, every cooling tower's parabolic curve. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 11 August 2026, 14:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-11T12:20 UTC · Download image