Grid Poet — 19 August 2026, 12:00
Overcast solar (27 GW) and strong wind (21.4 GW) drive 81% renewables and 8.8 GW net export at elevated prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At midday on 19 August 2026, the German grid generates 66.1 GW against 57.3 GW consumption, yielding a net export position of 8.8 GW. Despite full overcast (100% cloud cover, only 10 W/m² direct radiation), solar still delivers 27.0 GW — likely from strong diffuse irradiance — making it the single largest source, while combined onshore and offshore wind contributes 21.4 GW on moderate winds of 17.4 km/h. The renewable share stands at 81.2%, yet the day-ahead price of 136.1 EUR/MWh is notably elevated for such oversupply, suggesting either tight conditions in neighboring import markets absorbing German exports, high gas-price-driven marginal costs from the 4.8 GW of natural gas still dispatched, or both. Thermal baseload remains significant at 12.5 GW combined (gas, hard coal, brown coal), consistent with must-run obligations and reserve requirements despite the comfortable renewable position.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a leaden August ceiling the turbines churn and silent panels drink the ghost-light, pouring rivers of invisible power beyond the borders. Coal and gas still smolder in the wings, stubborn sentinels refusing to yield the stage to the grey-sky harvest.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 26%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 41%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 6%
81%
Renewable share
21.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
27.0 GW
Solar
66.1 GW
Total generation
+8.8 GW
Net export
136.1 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.5°C / 17 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 10.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
127
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 27.0 GW dominates the centre-right as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gently rolling farmland, their surfaces reflecting only the diffuse grey light of a completely overcast sky — no sun disc visible, no shadows, a flat pearlescent ceiling of cloud. Wind onshore 17.4 GW fills the right third and background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, rotors turning steadily in moderate wind across green late-summer meadows. Wind offshore 4.0 GW appears in the far-right distance as a cluster of turbines on the hazy horizon above a faintly visible grey sea. Natural gas 4.8 GW occupies the left-centre as two compact CCGT power plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting transparent heat shimmer. Brown coal 3.9 GW stands at the far left as two large hyperbolic cooling towers with white steam plumes rising into the overcast. Hard coal 3.8 GW sits beside them as a smaller conventional power station with a single tall chimney and conveyor infrastructure. Biomass 3.8 GW appears as a medium-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and modest stack near the coal facilities. Hydro 1.6 GW is a small run-of-river weir with turbine house visible along a river in the mid-ground. Full midday daylight but entirely diffused — no direct sun, no harsh shadows, bright but oppressively flat illumination. The sky is heavy, unbroken dove-grey cloud pressing low, giving the scene a dense, weighty atmosphere suggesting high energy prices. Late-summer vegetation: lush green fields, mature crops, deciduous trees in full heavy leaf. Temperature mild at 19.5°C, no heat haze. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich layered colour despite the grey palette, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and aerial perspective, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every panel frame, every cooling tower's parabolic curve and concrete texture. The composition has the grandeur of a Caspar David Friedrich panorama married to industrial realism. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 19 August 2026, 12:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-19T10:20 UTC · Download image