Grid Poet — 11 October 2026, 12:00
Onshore wind and solar each near 25 GW drive 90% renewables and 14.5 GW net export at low prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Germany's grid at midday on 11 October 2026 is running at 90.2% renewable share, driven by a strong combination of 25.3 GW onshore wind and 25.0 GW solar despite 88% cloud cover — diffuse irradiance and high panel deployment are evidently sustaining substantial PV output even under overcast skies. Total generation of 65.1 GW against 50.6 GW consumption yields a net export position of 14.5 GW, consistent with the low day-ahead price of 22.0 EUR/MWh. Brown coal at 4.4 GW remains online as baseload must-run capacity, while natural gas and hard coal are nearly fully dispatched down to 1.5 GW and 0.5 GW respectively, reflecting their displacement by near-zero marginal cost renewables. Biomass at 4.1 GW and offshore wind at 3.4 GW round out a comfortable supply picture with no signs of system stress.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a veiled October sky, ten thousand blades carve rivers of wind while muted panels drink the scattered light — the grid exhales its bounty across every border. The old brown towers still breathe their ancient steam, stubborn sentinels of a fading order, dwarfed by the quiet avalanche of what replaces them.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 39%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 38%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 1%
Natural gas 2%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 7%
90%
Renewable share
28.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
25.0 GW
Solar
65.1 GW
Total generation
+14.5 GW
Net export
22.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.6°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
88.0% / 111.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
72
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 25.3 GW dominates the right half of the scene as vast ranks of modern three-blade wind turbines with white tubular towers and aerodynamic nacelles stretching across rolling autumnal hills, blades in vigorous motion. Solar 25.0 GW fills the centre-right foreground as expansive fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels on low-angle ground mounts, their blue-grey surfaces reflecting diffuse light. Brown coal 4.4 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes rising into the overcast. Biomass 4.1 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip storage yard and a single smokestack with thin pale exhaust, positioned left of centre. Offshore wind 3.4 GW is visible on the distant horizon as a line of turbines standing in a grey sea glimpsed through a gap in the terrain. Natural gas 1.5 GW is a compact CCGT facility with a slender exhaust stack and minimal heat shimmer, tucked near the coal complex. Hard coal 0.5 GW appears as a small conventional power station with a single stack, barely visible behind the biomass plant. Hydro 1.0 GW is suggested by a small river with a low concrete weir and turbine house in the lower foreground. Full midday daylight but heavily overcast — thick grey stratiform clouds covering 88% of the sky with only thin brighter patches allowing diffuse sunlight through. Autumn landscape: trees with thinning golden-brown and russet foliage, grass still green but muted, temperature around 12°C conveyed by cool tones. Moderate wind shown through bent grasses and dynamic cloud movement. Calm, open atmosphere reflecting low electricity prices — no oppressive haze. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich's atmospheric depth merged with meticulous industrial-age technical accuracy. Rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, golden-brown autumnal palette contrasting with industrial greys and whites. Each technology rendered with correct engineering detail: turbine nacelle housings, three-blade rotor geometry, lattice transmission towers with sagging conductors, precise PV module grid patterns. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 11 October 2026, 12:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-10-11T10:20 UTC · Download image