Grid Poet — 13 August 2026, 08:00
Strong solar leads at 21.7 GW but calm winds and high thermal dispatch push prices above 150 EUR/MWh.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 08:00 on a clear August morning, solar generation is ramping strongly at 21.7 GW and dominates the mix, though wind contribution is subdued at 7.3 GW combined due to near-calm conditions (2.0 km/h). The renewable share of 64.2% is solid but insufficient to meet the 57.1 GW demand, requiring 18.9 GW of thermal dispatch: brown coal leads at 8.6 GW, followed by natural gas at 6.9 GW and hard coal at 3.4 GW. Domestic generation totals 53.0 GW against 57.1 GW consumption, implying a net import of approximately 4.1 GW. The day-ahead price of 156.8 EUR/MWh is elevated, consistent with low wind output forcing expensive gas-fired marginal units into the merit order during a weekday morning load ramp.
Grid poem Claude AI
The sun pours gold across a million panels, yet still the old furnaces breathe their ancient carbon into the windless August air. The grid stretches taut between light and fire, importing what the calm sky cannot provide.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 12%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 41%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 16%
64%
Renewable share
7.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
21.7 GW
Solar
53.0 GW
Total generation
4.1 GW
Net import
156.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.8°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 64.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
246
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 21.7 GW dominates the right half of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling green farmland, angled south, glinting sharply under a pristine cloudless morning sun; brown coal 8.6 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes rising vertically in the windless air; natural gas 6.9 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT plant blocks with tall single exhaust stacks and smaller heat-recovery units with thin vapour trails; hard coal 3.4 GW sits behind the gas plants as a dark industrial block with a single large smokestack and conveyor belt leading to a coal yard; wind onshore 6.5 GW is rendered as a modest line of eight three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, rotors nearly still in the calm air; wind offshore 0.8 GW appears as two tiny turbines barely visible on the far horizon; biomass 4.0 GW is a medium-sized wood-chip facility with a green-roofed warehouse and a modest chimney, placed near the centre; hydro 1.1 GW is a small concrete run-of-river weir with white water visible in the middle distance. The sky is completely clear, deep blue, morning light angling from the east at about 30 degrees, casting long westward shadows; the atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clarity, with a faint industrial haze near the coal plants suggesting the high electricity price. Vegetation is lush midsummer green, though the 11.8°C temperature gives the light a slightly cool, crisp quality. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial realism — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and luminous sky, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, panel frame, cooling tower and smokestack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 13 August 2026, 08:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-13T06:20 UTC · Download image