Grid Poet — 24 August 2026, 14:00
Solar at 46.8 GW drives 86% renewable share under clear summer skies, with 6.2 GW net export.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates generation at 46.8 GW, contributing nearly three-quarters of total output on a clear August afternoon with 588 W/m² direct irradiance and only 13% cloud cover. Wind is negligible at 2.3 GW combined, consistent with the light 5.2 km/h breeze. Brown coal provides a 5.0 GW baseload contribution alongside 2.0 GW of gas and 1.7 GW of hard coal, keeping thermal generation at roughly 14% of the mix. With generation exceeding consumption by 6.2 GW, Germany is a net exporter; the day-ahead price of 35.7 EUR/MWh remains moderate, reflecting ample supply but sufficient demand across interconnected markets to prevent deeper price depression.
Grid poem Claude AI
A continent of glass drinks the August sun, turning photons into rivers of silent power. Beneath the blazing clarity, old towers of lignite breathe their last measured breaths, steadfast sentinels of a fading age.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 3%
Wind offshore 0%
Solar 75%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 8%
86%
Renewable share
2.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
46.8 GW
Solar
62.8 GW
Total generation
+6.2 GW
Net export
35.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
20.3°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
13.0% / 588.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
102
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 46.8 GW dominates the scene: vast expanses of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretch across rolling central German farmland, occupying roughly three-quarters of the composition, their aluminium frames glinting under brilliant afternoon sun. Brown coal 5.0 GW appears in the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thin white steam plumes rising into the sky. Biomass 3.6 GW is rendered as a mid-ground wood-clad biomass plant with a single tall stack and conveyor belts carrying fuel. Wind onshore 2.1 GW shows as a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their rotors barely turning in the still air. Natural gas 2.0 GW is depicted as a compact CCGT facility with twin exhaust stacks and a modest heat shimmer. Hard coal 1.7 GW appears as a smaller coal plant with a rectangular boiler house and single chimney, partially obscured behind the solar fields. Hydro 1.3 GW is suggested by a small dam and spillway along a river cutting through the valley floor. Wind offshore 0.2 GW is omitted due to negligible share. The sky is nearly cloudless, a deep luminous summer blue with only faint wisps of cirrus at high altitude, the sun high and slightly west of zenith casting sharp midday shadows. Temperature of 20°C gives lush green deciduous trees and golden wheat fields between the panel arrays. The atmosphere is calm and bright, suggesting moderate pricing and abundant supply. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork in the clouds and foliage, atmospheric aerial perspective fading distant cooling towers into a soft blue haze — yet every technological element rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles, lattice towers, panel junction boxes, cooling tower parabolic geometry. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 24 August 2026, 14:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-24T12:20 UTC · Download image