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Grid Poet — 2 April 2026, 10:00
Solar at 34.6 GW leads generation under clear April skies; coal and gas persist despite 4.8 GW net export.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates generation at 34.6 GW under clear skies and strong direct radiation of 235.2 W/m², accounting for nearly half of all output. Wind contributes a modest 6.9 GW combined despite light winds of 6.5 km/h, while thermal baseload remains substantial with brown coal at 10.4 GW, hard coal at 6.2 GW, and natural gas at 9.1 GW — together providing 25.7 GW or 35.5% of generation. The system shows a net export of 4.8 GW, yet the day-ahead price remains elevated at 90.7 EUR/MWh, suggesting strong demand on interconnectors or anticipated tightening later in the day. The 3.0 °C temperature for early April indicates lingering winter conditions sustaining heating-related consumption at 67.6 GW, a level that keeps fossil units dispatched despite the strong solar midday peak.
Grid poem Claude AI
A cold spring sun floods silent fields of glass with sovereign light, drowning the grid in gold while ancient lignite towers still exhale their stubborn breath. The surplus spills across the borders like a river that cannot be contained, yet the market refuses to relent.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 5%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 48%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 1%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 14%
64%
Renewable share
6.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
34.6 GW
Solar
72.4 GW
Total generation
+4.8 GW
Net export
90.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
3.0°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 235.2 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
244
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 34.6 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the composition as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across a flat central-German plain, their blue-black surfaces blazing with reflected midmorning sunlight under a perfectly cloudless sky. Brown coal 10.4 GW occupies the far left as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising vertically in the still air, flanked by conveyor belts carrying dark lignite. Natural gas 9.1 GW appears as a set of compact modern CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks and thin heat-shimmer plumes, positioned left of centre. Hard coal 6.2 GW is rendered as a traditional coal plant with rectangular boiler houses and twin chimneys emitting pale grey smoke, nestled between the lignite and gas facilities. Wind onshore 3.3 GW shows as a modest row of three-blade turbines on a low ridge in the middle distance, blades barely turning in the light breeze. Wind offshore 3.6 GW appears as a small cluster of taller offshore turbines visible on the far horizon. Biomass 4.2 GW is a wood-clad biomass plant with a green-roofed storage dome and a single modest stack, placed near the solar fields. Hydro 1.0 GW is a small run-of-river weir with a low concrete dam visible in a stream in the foreground. The lighting is full bright midmorning daylight at 10:00 — crisp, cool, with long but shortening shadows cast westward. The atmosphere feels slightly heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, suggesting high electricity prices — a faint warm haze near the thermal plants, the air dense. Vegetation is early spring: bare deciduous trees with the faintest green buds, brown grass with patches of frost in shadow, a cold 3°C day. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich's atmospheric depth merged with Adolph Menzel's industrial precision — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, luminous sky gradients, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, PV module frame, and cooling tower flute. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 2 April 2026, 10:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-04-02T08:20 UTC · Download image