Grid Poet — 11 August 2026, 16:00
Solar at 41.1 GW dominates a cloudless August afternoon, driving 7.0 GW net exports with 89% renewables.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates generation at 41.1 GW under clear skies and 606 W/m² direct radiation, accounting for 67% of total output and driving the renewable share to 89.4%. Brown coal continues baseload operation at 4.0 GW alongside 3.6 GW biomass, while natural gas and hard coal contribute a combined 2.5 GW at the margin. The system is producing 7.0 GW in excess of domestic consumption at 54.1 GW, resulting in net exports of approximately 7.0 GW. The day-ahead price of 44.5 EUR/MWh remains moderate despite the oversupply, suggesting sustained demand from neighboring markets and limited downward price pressure at this hour.
Grid poem Claude AI
A golden tide of photons floods the Rhine and Elbe plains, drowning lignite's ancient embers beneath an avalanche of light. Seven billion watts spill past the borders—Germany exhales what it cannot hold.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 12%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 67%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 6%
89%
Renewable share
8.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
41.1 GW
Solar
61.1 GW
Total generation
+7.0 GW
Net export
44.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
23.7°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 606.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
76
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 41.1 GW dominates the scene as a vast expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling central German farmland, occupying roughly two-thirds of the composition, their aluminium frames gleaming under fierce afternoon sun. Wind onshore 7.4 GW appears as a cluster of modern three-blade turbines with white lattice towers on gentle hills in the middle distance, rotors turning slowly in light breeze. Wind offshore 1.3 GW is suggested by a faint line of turbines on a hazy horizon far right. Brown coal 4.0 GW rises at the far left as two massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting pale steam plumes against the blue sky. Biomass 3.6 GW sits beside them as a compact wood-chip power station with a modest stack and conveyor belt. Natural gas 1.8 GW appears as a single sleek CCGT unit with a thin exhaust stack, centrally placed behind the solar field. Hydro 1.2 GW is a small dam and reservoir glimpsed in a forested valley. Hard coal 0.7 GW is a single older smokestack, barely smoking, partially obscured. Full bright summer daylight at 4 PM, cloudless cobalt-blue sky, temperature 24°C with lush green deciduous trees and golden wheat fields framing the panels. The atmosphere is calm and expansive, warm light casting short shadows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective giving depth to the plains—yet with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, PV cell grid pattern, cooling tower parabolic curve, and CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 11 August 2026, 16:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-11T14:20 UTC · Download image