Grid Poet — 27 August 2026, 14:00
Solar at 47.7 GW and wind at 18.7 GW drive 26.7 GW net exports and depress prices to 14.2 EUR/MWh.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates at 47.7 GW despite full cloud cover, likely reflecting high diffuse irradiance consistent with the reported 504 W/m² direct radiation — a metadata inconsistency suggesting thin or broken high cloud rather than true overcast. Combined with 18.7 GW of wind (onshore 14.8, offshore 3.9), renewables supply 87.5% of generation, pushing the residual load to −26.7 GW and driving net exports of approximately 26.7 GW to neighboring markets. The day-ahead price of 14.2 EUR/MWh is predictably depressed under these conditions, yet 7.7 GW of coal (brown 5.1, hard 2.6) and 2.5 GW of gas remain online, reflecting must-run obligations, ancillary service commitments, and operators' reluctance to cycle units for what may be a transient afternoon oversupply.
Grid poem Claude AI
A golden flood pours from silicon fields, drowning the wires in light no grid can hold. The coal towers breathe on, stubborn sentinels in an empire already ceded to the sun.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 18%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 58%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 6%
88%
Renewable share
18.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
47.7 GW
Solar
81.7 GW
Total generation
+26.7 GW
Net export
14.2 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
27.5°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 504.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
90
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 47.7 GW dominates the scene as a vast expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across more than half the canvas, their aluminium frames glinting under bright midday summer light filtered through a thin, luminous overcast sky. Wind onshore 14.8 GW appears as dense ranks of three-blade turbines on rolling green hills in the middle distance, rotors turning in moderate breeze. Wind offshore 3.9 GW is visible as a distant cluster of turbines on a hazy horizon line suggesting the North Sea coast. Brown coal 5.1 GW occupies the left background as two large lignite power stations with hyperbolic cooling towers emitting steady white steam plumes. Hard coal 2.6 GW sits adjacent as a smaller coal plant with rectangular cooling towers and conveyor infrastructure. Natural gas 2.5 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT facility with a single slender exhaust stack and a thin heat shimmer. Biomass 3.8 GW appears as a wood-clad biogas plant with a green domed fermenter and a small chimney. Hydro 1.3 GW is a modest run-of-river weir with turbine house nestled along a river in the foreground. The sky is bright but milky white, a high thin cloud layer diffusing strong August sunshine at 2 PM — warm, hazy, humid summer atmosphere at 27.5°C. Lush dark-green deciduous trees and golden-green fields of late summer frame the landscape. The mood is calm and expansive, reflecting very low electricity prices. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy for every turbine nacelle, PV module, cooling tower, and smokestack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 27 August 2026, 14:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-27T12:20 UTC · Download image