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Grid Poet — 22 May 2026, 11:00
Solar at 47.1 GW drives 87.7% renewable share; near-zero prices signal net exports of 3.2 GW.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates this late-morning snapshot at 47.1 GW, reflecting near-cloudless skies and strong direct irradiance of 422 W/m² across Germany. Wind contributes a modest 2.2 GW combined, consistent with the very low 4.2 km/h surface wind speed. Lignite baseload persists at 4.6 GW alongside 0.8 GW hard coal and 2.2 GW gas, likely reflecting contractual obligations and ancillary service provision rather than economic dispatch at a 3.9 EUR/MWh day-ahead price. Generation exceeds consumption by 3.2 GW, resulting in net exports to neighbouring markets—unsurprising given near-floor pricing that signals ample supply across the interconnected system.
Grid poem Claude AI
A thousand glass fields drink the blazing May sun, flooding the wires with more light than the nation can hold. Beside them, old lignite towers breathe their pale ghosts into a sky that no longer needs them.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 2%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 76%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 7%
88%
Renewable share
2.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
47.1 GW
Solar
62.3 GW
Total generation
+3.2 GW
Net export
3.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.2°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
6.0% / 422.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
88
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 47.1 GW dominates the scene, filling roughly three-quarters of the composition as vast expanses of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling green late-spring fields and barn rooftops, angled south and gleaming under brilliant midday sun. Brown coal 4.6 GW appears in the far left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thin white steam plumes against the blue sky. Biomass 4.2 GW is depicted as a medium-sized wood-chip-fed power plant with a tall cylindrical smokestack and log storage yard, positioned left of centre. Natural gas 2.2 GW shows as a compact combined-cycle gas turbine facility with a single slender exhaust stack and modest heat shimmer, placed between the biomass plant and the solar fields. Wind onshore 1.3 GW appears as a small group of three modern three-blade horizontal-axis turbines on lattice-free tubular towers on a distant ridge, blades barely turning in the still air. Wind offshore 0.9 GW is suggested by a handful of turbines visible on a hazy horizon line beyond a river or lake edge at the far right. Hydro 1.2 GW is rendered as a small run-of-river weir with foaming white water in the middle ground. Hard coal 0.8 GW is a single modest conventional stack with dark brickwork at the far left edge, partially obscured by the lignite towers. The sky is virtually cloudless—only 6% wispy cirrus—with intense, warm late-morning sunlight casting short shadows to the northwest. Temperature 19°C is reflected in lush green deciduous trees in full spring leaf, wildflowers in meadow strips between panel rows, and a relaxed, open atmosphere. The calm low-price environment is conveyed by a serene, expansive sky with soft luminous depth. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen—rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective—but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, panel frame, cooling tower shell, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 22 May 2026, 11:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-22T09:20 UTC · Download image