Grid Poet — 17 September 2026, 12:00
Solar (37.2 GW) and wind (25.3 GW) drive 87% renewables and 15.9 GW net export under full overcast.
Back
← older newer →
Grid analysis Claude AI
At midday on 17 September 2026, the German grid is generating 77.8 GW against a consumption of 61.9 GW, yielding a net export position of 15.9 GW — a substantial flow likely directed toward neighbouring markets. Solar dominates at 37.2 GW despite full cloud cover, reflecting the large installed base and residual diffuse irradiance of 125 W/m² typical of an overcast but bright September day. Combined onshore and offshore wind contributes 25.3 GW under moderate wind conditions, bringing the renewable share to 87.1%. The day-ahead price of 10.7 EUR/MWh is correspondingly depressed; brown coal at 5.2 GW and gas at 3.1 GW remain online at minimum stable generation levels, likely reflecting must-run constraints and ancillary service provision rather than economic dispatch signals.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a lidded sky the turbines hum their silver hymns, while a billion diffuse photons press through cloud-veils to flood the grid with more light than the nation can hold. The old coal towers exhale their stubborn breath, unwilling ghosts at a feast of wind and glass.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 27%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 48%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 7%
87%
Renewable share
25.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
37.2 GW
Solar
77.8 GW
Total generation
+15.9 GW
Net export
10.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.6°C / 18 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 125.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
91
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 37.2 GW dominates the centre and right of the composition as vast rolling fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching to the horizon, their blue-grey surfaces reflecting a bright but entirely overcast sky. Wind onshore 20.8 GW fills the middle distance and right background as dozens of towering three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular steel towers, rotors turning steadily in moderate wind. Wind offshore 4.5 GW appears as a distant cluster of larger turbines visible on the far horizon line. Brown coal 5.2 GW occupies the left portion of the scene as two massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with thick white steam plumes drifting rightward, flanked by conveyor belts and a lignite stockpile. Biomass 3.8 GW sits left-centre as a compact industrial plant with a tall chimney and wood-chip storage silos. Natural gas 3.1 GW appears as a smaller CCGT facility with a single sleek exhaust stack and thin heat shimmer near the left-centre. Hard coal 1.7 GW is rendered as a smaller coal plant with a single rectangular cooling tower behind the gas facility. Hydro 1.4 GW is suggested by a small reservoir dam visible in a valley at far left. The sky is uniformly covered in high stratiform cloud, bright white-grey, with no blue visible — full daylight at noon but entirely diffuse, casting soft shadowless illumination across the landscape. The temperature is mild early autumn: trees show the first hints of yellowing leaves, grass is still green but muted. The atmosphere is calm and expansive, reflecting the very low electricity price. The scene is composed as a panoramic landscape in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective deepening toward the horizon — yet every turbine nacelle, every PV module frame, every cooling tower's parabolic curve is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 17 September 2026, 12:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-09-17T10:20 UTC · Download image