Grid Poet — 23 August 2026, 12:00
Solar at 41.7 GW under overcast skies drives 18.0 GW net export and a negative day-ahead price.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates at 41.7 GW despite full cloud cover, benefiting from strong diffuse radiation across Germany's extensive PV fleet at solar noon. Combined with 12.8 GW of wind and 5.0 GW from biomass and hydro, renewables deliver 93.5% of generation. Total generation of 63.7 GW against 45.7 GW consumption yields a net export position of 18.0 GW, pushing the day-ahead price to −3.0 EUR/MWh — a routine outcome for a summer midday with high solar coincidence. Lignite baseload persists at 2.7 GW, likely reflecting must-run constraints and minimum stable generation levels rather than economic dispatch.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a lidded sky the silent panels drink what light the clouds allow, flooding the grid with more than it can hold. The price sinks below zero like a stone dropped into still water, and the surplus pours outward across every border.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 16%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 65%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 2%
Hard coal 0%
Brown coal 4%
94%
Renewable share
12.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
41.7 GW
Solar
63.7 GW
Total generation
+18.0 GW
Net export
-3.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.4°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 81.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
47
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 41.7 GW dominates the scene as a vast expanse of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across two-thirds of the composition, covering rolling farmland and rooftops under bright but entirely overcast midday light with a flat white-grey sky. Wind onshore 10.5 GW appears as dozens of three-blade turbines with white nacelles on lattice and tubular towers scattered across low green hills in the middle distance, blades turning slowly in light breeze. Wind offshore 2.3 GW is visible as a distant cluster of larger turbines on the far horizon. Brown coal 2.7 GW occupies the far left as two large hyperbolic cooling towers with lazy white steam plumes rising into the overcast. Biomass 3.7 GW appears as a cluster of mid-sized industrial facilities with wood-chip silos and modest exhaust stacks in the left-centre. Hydro 1.3 GW is suggested by a concrete dam and spillway nestled in a wooded valley at the left edge. Natural gas 1.2 GW is a small, compact CCGT plant with a single clean exhaust stack, barely visible behind the biomass facility. Hard coal 0.2 GW is a tiny, idle-looking brick stack in the far background. The landscape is lush August green — full deciduous canopy, tall grass, wildflowers — at 17°C, pleasantly cool for summer. The atmosphere is calm and open despite the overcast, reflecting the negative price: no oppressive weight, just a soft diffused luminosity over everything. Power lines carry electricity toward the borders. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and aerial perspective — rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy for each technology. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 23 August 2026, 12:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-23T10:20 UTC · Download image