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Grid Poet — 17 May 2026, 12:00
Solar at 37.7 GW drives 90.7% renewable share and 8.8 GW net export at near-zero prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates at 37.7 GW despite full cloud cover, benefiting from high diffuse and direct irradiance (433 W/m²) typical of a bright overcast midday in May. Combined with 9.8 GW of wind and 5.3 GW from biomass and hydro, renewables reach 90.7% of generation. Total generation of 58.2 GW against 49.4 GW consumption yields a net export of 8.8 GW, consistent with the near-zero day-ahead price of €0.8/MWh. Lignite baseload persists at 3.0 GW alongside 1.9 GW of gas and 0.5 GW of hard coal, reflecting contractual inflexibility and minimum-run constraints rather than any economic signal at this price level.
Grid poem Claude AI
A silver flood pours from veiled heavens, drowning the wires in light the market cannot hold. The old furnaces mutter their low coal-hymn, but no one is listening—the price has already fallen to silence.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 12%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 65%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 5%
91%
Renewable share
9.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
37.7 GW
Solar
58.2 GW
Total generation
+8.8 GW
Net export
0.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.7°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 433.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
65
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 37.7 GW dominates the entire scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across gently rolling green spring meadows, covering roughly two-thirds of the composition; wind onshore 6.9 GW appears as a cluster of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers on low ridges at centre-right, blades turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 2.9 GW is visible in the far distance as a row of offshore turbines on a hazy horizon line over a sliver of grey sea; biomass 4.0 GW is represented by a mid-sized biomass plant with a rectangular stack emitting pale steam at centre-left; brown coal 3.0 GW occupies the left background as two hyperbolic concrete cooling towers releasing thick white steam plumes; natural gas 1.9 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and minimal exhaust beside the cooling towers; hydro 1.3 GW is shown as a modest dam and spillway set into a wooded hillside at far left; hard coal 0.5 GW appears as a small, older brick-chimney power station half-hidden behind trees near the lignite plant. The sky is uniformly overcast with a bright white-grey cloud ceiling, full midday daylight at noon flooding the landscape with soft, shadowless illumination. The atmosphere is calm and expansive, no oppressive tones — a serene, open spring day. Lush green vegetation on hills and field margins reflects mid-May at 13.7°C. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial realism — rich saturated greens and cool silvers, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective receding into haze, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, panel frame, and cooling tower. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 17 May 2026, 12:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-17T10:20 UTC · Download image