Grid Poet — 13 September 2026, 10:00
Solar leads at 14.7 GW under full overcast, backed by wind and lignite, with net imports bridging 4.3 GW of shortfall at zero price.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 10:00 on a fully overcast September morning, renewables supply 70.7% of German load, led by solar at 14.7 GW — a notable output given 100% cloud cover and only 5 W/m² direct radiation, indicating strong diffuse irradiance across widespread PV installations. Wind contributes 11.5 GW combined (9.7 onshore, 1.8 offshore) under moderate 11.5 km/h surface winds, suggesting stronger conditions at hub height or favorable synoptics in northern Germany. Thermal baseload remains substantial: brown coal at 7.4 GW and hard coal at 3.9 GW together account for 25.5% of generation, with gas providing a modest 1.7 GW. Domestic generation totals 44.4 GW against 48.7 GW consumption, requiring approximately 4.3 GW of net imports; the day-ahead price of 0.0 EUR/MWh reflects ample supply across the broader European market despite the domestic shortfall.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a sky of pewter and ash, turbines turn their patient arms while coal-fires smolder in the haze — the grid drinks deeply from every well it knows. Even at nothing-per-megawatt the furnaces refuse to sleep, their ancient carbon loyalties written in slow plumes against the colorless noon.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 22%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 33%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 17%
71%
Renewable share
11.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
14.7 GW
Solar
44.4 GW
Total generation
4.4 GW
Net import
—
Day-ahead price
15.7°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 5.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
221
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 14.7 GW dominates the foreground as an expansive field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gently rolling farmland, their surfaces reflecting only flat grey light under dense overcast; brown coal 7.4 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes that merge into the low cloud base; wind onshore 9.7 GW fills the right third as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular steel towers spread across green late-summer fields, rotors slowly turning; hard coal 3.9 GW appears as a coal-fired plant with tall rectangular boiler houses and twin chimneys trailing grey exhaust, positioned behind the solar field at mid-distance; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a cluster of smaller industrial buildings with cylindrical wood-pellet silos and modest stacks emitting faint vapour, set among trees at the centre-left; wind offshore 1.8 GW is suggested by a sliver of grey North Sea visible on the far horizon with a row of offshore turbines barely distinguishable in the haze; natural gas 1.7 GW appears as a compact CCGT unit with a single slim exhaust stack and low rectangular heat-recovery building, tucked beside the coal plant; hydro 1.0 GW is a small dam and spillway visible at the far right edge where forested hills begin. The sky is entirely overcast — a uniform blanket of pale grey stratus with no blue or sun visible, lit by diffuse mid-morning daylight at 10:00, casting soft shadowless illumination. Vegetation is late-summer green beginning to show hints of early autumn yellowing, temperature around 16°C giving a cool dampness to the air. The atmosphere is calm and muted — no oppressive weight, reflecting the zero-euro price. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and aerial perspective, technically precise engineering details on every installation, the grandeur of Caspar David Friedrich meeting industrial realism. No text, no labels, no people prominent.
Grid data: 13 September 2026, 10:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-09-13T08:20 UTC · Download image