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Grid Poet — 13 May 2026, 15:00
Solar (25.5 GW) and onshore wind (18.0 GW) dominate under full overcast, with coal and gas filling remaining demand.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 15:00 on a heavily overcast May afternoon, renewables supply 82.4% of German demand, led by 25.5 GW of solar (diffuse irradiance through complete cloud cover) and 18.5 GW of combined wind. Despite the strong renewable performance, generation exceeds consumption by only 0.4 GW, resulting in a marginal net export. The day-ahead price of 82.3 EUR/MWh is elevated for this renewable share, likely reflecting tight conditions across the broader European market and the continued dispatch of 7.1 GW of coal (brown and hard combined) alongside 3.5 GW of gas to meet baseload and ramping requirements. Biomass and hydro contribute a steady 5.6 GW of dispatchable renewable generation, rounding out a well-balanced but tightly matched supply stack.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a leaden sky the turbines turn their patient arms, while hidden sun still presses light through veils of grey to feed ten million silent panels. Coal breathes its ancient breath beside them, unwilling yet to yield the last of its dominion.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 30%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 42%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 8%
82%
Renewable share
18.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
25.5 GW
Solar
60.2 GW
Total generation
+0.4 GW
Net export
82.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.1°C / 19 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 16.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
123
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 25.5 GW occupies the expansive centre-right as a vast field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gently rolling farmland, catching only diffuse grey light under total overcast; wind onshore 18.0 GW fills the far right and background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, rotors spinning steadily in moderate wind; brown coal 4.8 GW dominates the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes that merge with the grey sky, with conveyor belts carrying dark lignite visible at their base; natural gas 3.5 GW appears as a mid-sized CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and compact turbine hall, positioned centre-left behind the cooling towers; hard coal 2.3 GW is rendered as a smaller coal-fired station with a rectangular boiler house and chimney, adjacent to the lignite plant; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a wood-chip-fed power station with a distinctive domed silo and short stack producing light haze, placed in the middle ground; hydro 1.6 GW is suggested by a small dam and penstock visible in a valley at far left; wind offshore 0.5 GW is barely visible as a few distant turbines on a grey horizon line. The sky is entirely overcast with heavy, layered stratus clouds in muted silver-grey and pewter tones, creating a slightly oppressive atmosphere reflecting the high electricity price — no blue sky, no direct sunlight, but full daytime brightness consistent with 15:00 in May. Spring vegetation: fresh green grass and emerging crop fields, scattered birch and beech trees with full young leaves, temperature around 11°C suggested by the cool damp mood. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with layered haze between industrial and natural elements, meticulous engineering accuracy on turbine nacelles, PV cell patterns, cooling tower concrete ribbing, and gas turbine exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 13 May 2026, 15:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-13T13:20 UTC · Download image