Grid Poet — 21 August 2026, 12:00
Solar leads at 31.2 GW under overcast skies, with coal and gas firming a 2.7 GW net import position.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates at 31.2 GW despite full cloud cover, likely reflecting high diffuse irradiance consistent with the 262 W/m² direct radiation reading — thin overcast rather than heavy stratiform layers. Wind contributes modestly at 4.3 GW combined, well below seasonal average given light 10.9 km/h winds. Thermal generation remains significant: hard coal at 4.4 GW, brown coal at 4.0 GW, and natural gas at 4.2 GW together provide 12.6 GW, called upon to firm the renewable base. Domestic generation falls 2.7 GW short of the 56.1 GW consumption, implying a net import of approximately 2.7 GW; the day-ahead price of 135.2 EUR/MWh reflects this tight supply-demand balance and the cost of marginal thermal dispatch.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a pale shroud of cloud, a billion silicon cells drink the scattered light and hum their quiet power across the land. Yet the old furnaces still breathe their coal-dark breath, steadying the grid where sun and wind alone cannot reach.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 7%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 59%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 8%
76%
Renewable share
4.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
31.2 GW
Solar
53.4 GW
Total generation
2.7 GW
Net import
135.2 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
20.2°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 262.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
162
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 31.2 GW dominates the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across the entire centre and right side of the composition, covering rolling green summer hillsides; hard coal 4.4 GW appears in the mid-left as a large coal-fired power station with tall chimneys and thin grey smoke plumes; brown coal 4.0 GW sits at the far left as a pair of hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting white steam; natural gas 4.2 GW occupies the left-centre as compact CCGT units with slim exhaust stacks and heat shimmer; biomass 3.6 GW is rendered as a modest industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a single stack near the coal plants; wind onshore 3.5 GW appears as a small cluster of three-blade turbines with lattice towers on a distant ridge, blades turning very slowly in light wind; wind offshore 0.8 GW is a faint row of turbines on the far horizon line; hydro 1.5 GW is a small run-of-river weir with spillway visible along a river in the middle ground. The sky is entirely overcast — a flat, luminous white-grey ceiling of cloud at midday in August, bright diffuse daylight casting soft shadows, no direct sun visible but the landscape is well-lit. The air feels heavy and slightly oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price. Summer vegetation is lush — deep green deciduous trees, tall grass, wildflowers — at a pleasant 20°C. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every PV panel frame, every cooling tower's concrete texture, and every smokestack's riveted steel. No text, no labels, no people in the foreground.
Grid data: 21 August 2026, 12:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-21T10:20 UTC · Download image