Grid Poet — 20 August 2026, 16:00
Solar at 27.2 GW and onshore wind at 17.2 GW drive an 86% renewable hour with 4.6 GW net export.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 16:00 on a partly cloudy August afternoon, the German grid is generating 59.0 GW against 54.4 GW of domestic consumption, yielding a net export position of approximately 4.6 GW. Solar contributes 27.2 GW despite 80% cloud cover, reflecting both diffuse and intermittent direct irradiance of 214 W/m²; onshore wind adds a strong 17.2 GW on moderate winds of 18.3 km/h. Thermal generation remains notable at 8.3 GW combined (brown coal 4.4 GW, gas 2.2 GW, hard coal 1.7 GW), which is somewhat elevated for an 86% renewable share and likely reflects must-run constraints and forward commitments rather than scarcity. The day-ahead price of 106 EUR/MWh is high for a net-exporting hour with dominant renewables, suggesting either tight conditions in coupled markets, congestion rents, or anticipated ramping needs heading into the evening decline of solar output.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a pewter sky the sun still presses through, painting silicon fields in muted gold while turbine blades carve restless hymns across the Saxon hills. Coal towers exhale their ancient breath, patient sentinels waiting for the light to fade.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 29%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 46%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 8%
86%
Renewable share
18.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
27.2 GW
Solar
59.0 GW
Total generation
+4.6 GW
Net export
106.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
23.4°C / 18 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
80.0% / 214.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
100
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 27.2 GW dominates the centre-right as vast expanses of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gently rolling agricultural fields, catching diffused light through heavy cloud; onshore wind 17.2 GW fills the background ridgeline and middle distance as dozens of three-blade turbines on tall lattice and tubular towers, blades rotating in moderate wind; brown coal 4.4 GW occupies the far left as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick white steam plumes into the overcast sky; biomass 3.5 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip conveyor and modest smokestack near a tree line; natural gas 2.2 GW is rendered as a compact combined-cycle gas turbine facility with a single tall exhaust stack and heat-recovery steam generator beside the coal complex; hard coal 1.7 GW shows as a smaller power station with a single rectangular cooling tower and coal bunker; offshore wind 1.5 GW is suggested by distant turbines on the far horizon line; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a stone-faced run-of-river dam with a small weir in the foreground stream. The sky is 80% overcast with heavy grey-white stratocumulus clouds, but pockets of direct sunlight at 214 W/m² break through in dramatic shafts, casting warm golden patches on the solar arrays while the rest of the landscape sits in diffuse summer daylight. Late afternoon at 16:00 Berlin time: the sun is still well above the horizon in the west-southwest, full daylight, warm 23°C summer atmosphere with lush green deciduous trees and mature wheat fields. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting a high electricity price — the clouds press low, the air thick and humid. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic landscape oil painting with rich colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective, and meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, every PV cell grid pattern, every cooling tower's parabolic curvature. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 20 August 2026, 16:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-20T14:20 UTC · Download image