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Grid Poet — 17 April 2026, 15:00
Solar at 34.7 GW leads an 81% renewable mix, but near-zero wind forces 6.8 GW of net imports.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates generation at 34.7 GW, accounting for roughly two-thirds of total output despite 51% cloud cover — consistent with mid-April afternoon conditions and high installed PV capacity. Wind contributes a negligible 0.8 GW combined, reflecting near-calm conditions at 5.8 km/h. Thermal baseload from brown coal (4.4 GW), hard coal (2.5 GW), and natural gas (2.7 GW) together provide 9.6 GW, supplementing biomass and hydro to fill the gap left by weak wind. Domestic generation falls 6.8 GW short of the 58.0 GW consumption level, implying net imports of approximately 6.8 GW; the day-ahead price of 60 EUR/MWh reflects moderate scarcity consistent with high demand, limited wind, and reliance on thermal and imported power.
Grid poem Claude AI
A river of sunlight floods the April plain, gilding a million glass faces turned skyward, yet the furnaces still breathe beneath the bright veneer. Where the wind forgets to blow, coal and commerce remember.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 1%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 68%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 9%
81%
Renewable share
0.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
34.7 GW
Solar
51.2 GW
Total generation
-6.9 GW
Net import
60.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
21.0°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
51.0% / 328.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
133
gCO₂/kWh
Records
#2 Furnace Hour
Image prompt
Solar 34.7 GW dominates the scene as an immense field of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across the entire right two-thirds of the canvas, aluminium frames glinting under a partly cloudy April sky. Brown coal 4.4 GW occupies the far left as two massive hyperbolic cooling towers trailing thick white steam plumes into the atmosphere. Hard coal 2.5 GW appears just right of the brown coal as a smaller coal plant with a single tall smokestack and conveyors feeding dark fuel. Natural gas 2.7 GW sits as a compact CCGT facility with a polished exhaust stack and thin heat shimmer between the coal plants and the solar field. Biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-chip-fed power station with a rounded silo and modest steam output, nestled among spring-green deciduous trees at centre-left. Hydro 1.8 GW appears as a concrete run-of-river weir with turbine housings visible along a gentle river in the mid-ground. Wind onshore 0.5 GW is a single distant three-blade turbine on the horizon, its rotor barely turning. The lighting is full bright afternoon daylight at 15:00 in central Germany — sun high in the southwest, casting defined shadows, with roughly half the sky covered by scattered cumulus clouds allowing strong direct radiation through gaps. Temperature is a warm 21 °C: lush green grass, wildflowers, blossoming fruit trees. The atmosphere is calm, slightly hazy, neither oppressive nor crystalline — reflecting a moderate 60 EUR/MWh price. Gentle rolling Thuringian hills in the background. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic landscape oil painting — rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy for every turbine nacelle, PV module, cooling tower, and smokestack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 17 April 2026, 15:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-04-17T13:20 UTC · Download image