Grid Poet — 24 September 2026, 12:00
Solar and wind together produce 60 GW at midday, creating a 22.6 GW net export amid rock-bottom prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At midday on 24 September 2026, Germany's renewable share reaches 77.9%, driven by 30.4 GW of solar output despite 88% cloud cover — consistent with high diffuse irradiance across widespread PV capacity — and 30.0 GW of combined wind generation under moderate 16.4 km/h winds. Total generation of 83.9 GW against 61.3 GW consumption yields a net export position of 22.6 GW, depressing the day-ahead price to 16.0 EUR/MWh. Conventional baseload remains notable at 13.4 GW from coal and lignite combined, reflecting inflexible must-run commitments and contractual positions rather than any scarcity signal, while 5.2 GW of gas likely serves ancillary balancing and CHP obligations.
Grid poem Claude AI
A river of wind and diffused light floods the grid beyond its banks, spilling kilowatts across every border. Beneath the overcast, the old coal furnaces grumble on, stubborn embers in a house already warm.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 31%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 36%
Biomass 5%
Hydro 1%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 10%
78%
Renewable share
29.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
30.4 GW
Solar
83.9 GW
Total generation
+22.6 GW
Net export
16.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.1°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
88.0% / 113.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
157
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 30.4 GW dominates the centre-right as vast rolling fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching to the horizon, their glass surfaces reflecting a pale, diffuse midday light under heavy overcast; wind onshore 25.8 GW fills the right third and background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, rotors turning steadily in moderate wind across green late-September farmland with hints of early autumn yellowing; wind offshore 4.2 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on a hazy horizon line; brown coal 8.7 GW occupies the left quarter as a group of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes that merge with the grey cloud ceiling; hard coal 4.7 GW sits adjacent as a smaller industrial complex with tall rectangular stacks and conveyor belts feeding dark fuel; natural gas 5.2 GW appears as compact modern CCGT units with slim single exhaust stacks and modest heat shimmer between the coal plants and solar fields; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a modest wood-clad industrial facility with a short rounded stack and small steam wisp near the centre-left; hydro 1.0 GW appears as a small concrete dam and spillway nestled in a forested valley in the far left background. The sky is a flat, luminous grey-white overcast at 88% cloud cover, bright enough for midday but with no direct sun or shadows — diffuse, even illumination across the entire scene. The atmosphere is calm, open, and unhurried, reflecting the low 16 EUR/MWh price. Vegetation is late-summer green transitioning to early autumn at 15°C — some golden edges on deciduous trees, grass still mostly green. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective with depth receding through industrial and pastoral layers — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, panel frame, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 24 September 2026, 12:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-09-24T10:20 UTC · Download image