Grid Poet — 1 October 2026, 10:00
Solar leads at 22.6 GW under full overcast; brown coal and gas fill the gap as light winds and tight margins lift prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 10:00 CEST on 1 October 2026, German load stands at 61.9 GW against 59.3 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 2.6 GW of net imports. Despite full overcast and near-zero direct radiation, solar still contributes 22.6 GW — likely diffuse irradiance on a heavily cloud-covered autumn morning — making it the single largest source. Brown coal at 10.1 GW and natural gas at 7.6 GW provide substantial baseload and mid-merit support, while combined onshore and offshore wind delivers 9.6 GW under light winds of 8 km/h. The day-ahead price of 183.4 EUR/MWh is elevated, consistent with the tight supply-demand balance, high fossil dispatch, and modest net import position.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a pale shroud of cloud the turbines barely stir, while coal smoke rises thick and dark to answer what the sun defers. A continent leans on ancient carbon, its price paid in grey October air.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 12%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 38%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 17%
63%
Renewable share
9.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
22.6 GW
Solar
59.3 GW
Total generation
2.6 GW
Net import
183.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.7°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
255
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 22.6 GW dominates the centre-right as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across rolling autumn farmland, reflecting only diffuse grey light under a completely overcast sky; brown coal 10.1 GW occupies the left quarter as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting dense white steam plumes rising into the heavy cloud layer, with lignite conveyor belts and open-pit mine terraces visible at their base; natural gas 7.6 GW appears as a cluster of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks and smaller vapour trails just left of centre; wind onshore 6.9 GW is represented by a row of three-blade turbines with lattice towers on a distant ridge to the right, blades turning slowly in light wind; hard coal 4.1 GW shows as a smaller coal-fired station with a single stack and stockyard near the brown coal complex; biomass 4.3 GW appears as a mid-sized wood-chip plant with a low rounded silo and thin exhaust plume beside the gas units; wind offshore 2.7 GW is suggested by a faint line of turbines on a hazy horizon beyond a coastal inlet at the far right; hydro 0.9 GW appears as a small concrete run-of-river weir in a stream in the foreground. Full daytime at 10:00 but entirely overcast — flat, bright yet shadowless white-grey sky pressing down, no sun disc visible, creating a heavy oppressive atmosphere reflecting the 183 EUR/MWh price. Autumn vegetation: fields of stubble and fading green grass, scattered deciduous trees with leaves turning gold and brown, temperature around 15 °C suggesting light jackets on any figures. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich muted earth tones, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with industrial haze blending into cloud, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, panel frame, and cooling tower shell. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 1 October 2026, 10:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-10-01T08:20 UTC · Download image