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Grid Poet — 4 June 2026, 10:00
Strong onshore wind and diffuse solar dominate at 92.7% renewables, driving 10.5 GW net exports and near-zero prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 10:00 on a breezy, overcast June morning, Germany's grid is running at 92.7% renewable share with wind providing the bulk at 26.2 GW combined (onshore 20.7 GW, offshore 5.5 GW), while solar contributes 27.3 GW despite complete cloud cover—a figure reflecting the large installed PV base capturing diffuse radiation rather than direct irradiance, which reads only 4 W/m². Total generation of 63.8 GW against consumption of 53.3 GW yields a net export position of 10.5 GW, consistent with the very low day-ahead price of €4.8/MWh that signals ample supply across the Central European market. Thermal plants are at minimal output—gas at 1.8 GW, brown coal at 2.2 GW, hard coal at 0.6 GW—likely operating at technical minimums or fulfilling must-run obligations, with no economic incentive to ramp at this price level.
Grid poem Claude AI
A grey cathedral of cloud stretches horizon to horizon, while a hundred thousand blades carve the restless wind into rivers of cheap electricity that spill beyond every border. Beneath the muted sky the old coal furnaces glow like dying embers, their purpose almost forgotten in this tide of invisible power.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 32%
Wind offshore 9%
Solar 43%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 3%
93%
Renewable share
26.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
27.3 GW
Solar
63.8 GW
Total generation
+10.5 GW
Net export
4.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.1°C / 26 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 4.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
50
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 20.7 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as vast ranks of modern three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling green hills, rotors spinning vigorously in strong wind; solar 27.3 GW occupies the centre-left foreground as enormous fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels on a gentle slope, their surfaces reflecting flat grey light under total overcast; wind offshore 5.5 GW appears in the far background as a line of turbines standing in a grey sea visible through a gap between hills; biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial facility with a wood-chip silo and a modest steam stack; brown coal 2.2 GW appears as a small cluster of hyperbolic cooling towers on the far left with thin, lazy steam plumes; natural gas 1.8 GW sits beside them as a compact CCGT plant with a single exhaust stack and faint heat shimmer; hydro 1.8 GW is a small dam with spillway in a valley at left-centre; hard coal 0.6 GW is a single small stack barely visible behind the brown coal towers. The sky is entirely overcast with a uniform, bright white-grey cloud ceiling—full June daytime diffuse light at 10:00, no direct sun, no shadows, but ample luminosity. The landscape is lush early-summer green, wildflowers dotting meadows, deciduous trees fully leafed in emerald, temperature a mild 18°C. The atmosphere is calm, open, and spacious, reflecting the rock-bottom electricity price. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters—Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial modernity—rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, PV module frame, and cooling tower curve. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 4 June 2026, 10:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-06-04T08:20 UTC · Download image