Grid Poet — 13 August 2026, 14:00
Solar at 56.3 GW floods the grid under clear August skies, driving 16.2 GW net exports and near-zero prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominance is overwhelming at 56.3 GW under clear skies and 687 W/m² direct irradiance, constituting 78% of total generation alone and driving the renewable share to 90.2%. With consumption at 55.6 GW and generation at 71.8 GW, the system is exporting a net 16.2 GW, consistent with the near-zero day-ahead price of 2.5 EUR/MWh reflecting abundant supply across the Central European market. Brown coal at 4.5 GW remains online at its technical minimum, likely reflecting contractual obligations and unit inflexibility rather than economic dispatch at this price level. Wind generation is subdued at 3.8 GW combined, consistent with the light 6.8 km/h surface winds, while gas at 1.6 GW and hard coal at 0.9 GW are similarly running near minimum stable generation or providing ancillary services.
Grid poem Claude AI
A blazing sun crowns the land in golden fire, and silicon fields drink deep until the grid itself overflows. The old towers of lignite stand mute and steaming, relics humming at the margins of a world rewritten in light.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 4%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 78%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 2%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 6%
90%
Renewable share
3.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
56.3 GW
Solar
71.8 GW
Total generation
+16.3 GW
Net export
2.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
30.2°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 687.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
72
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 56.3 GW dominates the scene as a vast expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across more than three-quarters of the composition, covering rolling summer fields and rooftops under a blazing midday sun, aluminium frames glinting in brilliant direct light. Brown coal 4.5 GW appears in the left background as a cluster of hyperbolic cooling towers with thin white steam plumes rising into the still air. Wind onshore 3.0 GW and wind offshore 0.8 GW are depicted as a modest row of three-blade turbines with lattice towers along a distant ridge, blades barely turning in the calm air. Biomass 3.5 GW is rendered as a medium-sized wood-clad biomass plant with a low exhaust stack amid the solar fields. Natural gas 1.6 GW appears as a compact CCGT unit with a single polished exhaust stack, lightly venting. Hydro 1.2 GW is suggested by a small run-of-river weir and powerhouse visible along a river in the middle distance. Hard coal 0.9 GW is a single dark industrial stack barely visible behind the cooling towers. The sky is completely cloudless, a luminous cerulean blue washed with August haze near the horizon, the sun at a high summer angle casting short shadows. The atmosphere is calm and open, reflecting the near-zero electricity price — no oppressive weight, just expansive stillness. Temperature is 30°C: the vegetation is lush but heat-stressed, golden-green summer grass, dry edges on oak and linden trees, shimmering heat haze over the panels. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth with aerial perspective fading the distant cooling towers into summer haze — rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy for each technology. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 13 August 2026, 14:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-13T12:20 UTC · Download image