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Grid Poet — 29 May 2026, 10:00
Solar at 46.3 GW drives 88% renewables, pushing 6.2 GW net exports under clear skies and depressing prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates this late-morning snapshot at 46.3 GW, accounting for 70.5% of total generation under near-cloudless skies with 387 W/m² direct irradiance. Combined with 6.0 GW of wind (onshore 2.2 GW, offshore 3.8 GW), biomass at 4.0 GW, and hydro at 1.7 GW, the renewable share reaches 88.3%. Generation exceeds consumption by 6.2 GW, resulting in net exports of approximately that magnitude — consistent with the suppressed day-ahead price of 17.0 EUR/MWh. Brown coal persists at 4.9 GW as baseload must-run capacity, while gas contributes a modest 2.2 GW and hard coal is nearly offline at 0.6 GW; thermal dispatch is minimal and reflects contractual and technical constraints rather than economic necessity.
Grid poem Claude AI
A flood of gold cascades from zenith to field, and the ancient furnaces bow before the sun's dominion. The grid exhales its surplus to distant lands, while lignite smolders in quiet, stubborn devotion.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 3%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 70%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 7%
88%
Renewable share
6.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
46.3 GW
Solar
65.7 GW
Total generation
+6.3 GW
Net export
17.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.0°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
11.0% / 387.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
84
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 46.3 GW dominates the scene as an immense expanse of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across rolling hills and farmland, covering roughly 70% of the composition, their aluminium frames glinting brilliantly under a nearly cloudless late-morning sky. Wind offshore 3.8 GW appears in the far background as a cluster of three-blade offshore turbines on the hazy horizon beyond a distant coastline, while wind onshore 2.2 GW is represented by a modest line of lattice-tower three-blade turbines on a gentle ridge at mid-left. Brown coal 4.9 GW occupies a far-left background area as a pair of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thin white steam plumes rising vertically in the still air, adjacent to conveyor belts and a lignite stockpile. Biomass 4.0 GW sits as a cluster of compact biomass plants with short cylindrical stacks and wood-chip storage domes at the lower left. Natural gas 2.2 GW appears as a small CCGT facility with a single sleek exhaust stack and modest heat shimmer, tucked behind the biomass. Hydro 1.7 GW is suggested by a small dam and reservoir glimmering in a valley at far right. Hard coal 0.6 GW is barely visible as a single darkened smokestack with almost no emissions, nearly hidden behind trees. The time is 10:00 on a late-May morning: full, high daylight with the sun at roughly 55° elevation, warm golden-white light, long but not extreme shadows, 11% cloud cover as faint wispy cirrus high above. Temperature 18°C with lush green deciduous trees in full spring leaf, wildflowers in meadows, soft pleasant atmosphere. Wind speed is very low at 7.8 km/h — grass barely stirs, turbine blades turn lazily. The low electricity price is reflected in a calm, open, expansive sky with serene pastoral beauty. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich saturated greens and golds, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth with aerial perspective fading into blue-grey distance, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every PV panel row, every cooling tower curve — a masterwork industrial landscape. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 29 May 2026, 10:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-29T08:20 UTC · Download image