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Grid Poet — 20 June 2026, 12:00
Solar at 46.9 GW drives 93% renewables and 10.8 GW net export at near-zero prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates generation at 46.9 GW, accounting for 77.5% of total output and reflecting strong midday irradiance of 283 W/m² under partially clear skies. With consumption at 49.7 GW and generation at 60.5 GW, the system is in a net export position of approximately 10.8 GW, consistent with the effectively zero day-ahead price signaling abundant supply across the interconnected European market. Fossil thermal generation remains minimal: brown coal at 2.4 GW and natural gas at 1.6 GW provide baseload and ancillary services, while hard coal is nearly offline at 0.4 GW. Wind contributes a modest 3.7 GW combined onshore and offshore, consistent with the light 7.1 km/h surface winds observed across central Germany.
Grid poem Claude AI
A continent of glass drinks the solstice fire, flooding copper arteries with light no market can contain. The turbines stand near-still, sentinels at rest, while coal's last towers breathe their whispered grey against a sky that barely needs them.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 4%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 78%
Biomass 6%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 3%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 4%
93%
Renewable share
3.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
46.9 GW
Solar
60.5 GW
Total generation
+10.8 GW
Net export
-0.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
25.2°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
34.0% / 283.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
50
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 46.9 GW dominates the scene as a vast, sweeping plain of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across roughly three-quarters of the composition, their aluminium frames glinting under bright midday summer sun with partial cumulus clouds (34% cover) drifting through a luminous blue sky. Wind onshore 2.4 GW appears as a modest cluster of three-blade turbines with white lattice towers on a gentle ridge at the far right, their rotors barely turning in light breeze. Wind offshore 1.3 GW is visible as a small group of turbines on a hazy horizon line above a distant sea. Biomass 3.5 GW sits as a mid-sized industrial plant with stacked timber and a single smokestack emitting faint white steam, nestled among lush green deciduous trees in the middle distance at right. Brown coal 2.4 GW occupies a small area at the far left as two hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thin grey-white steam plumes against the sky, with conveyor infrastructure and lignite stockpiles visible at their base. Hydro 1.9 GW appears as a concrete dam spillway with cascading water on a wooded hillside behind the coal plant. Natural gas 1.6 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and minimal exhaust, positioned between the coal towers and the solar field. Hard coal 0.4 GW is a barely visible, idle-looking small plant with a single cold stack beside the brown coal complex. The landscape is lush summer green — meadow grasses, wildflowers, mature oaks and lindens in full leaf — under warm 25°C light with long soft shadows. The atmosphere is calm, open, and tranquil, reflecting the zero electricity price. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen: rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective with haze softening distant elements, dramatic yet serene compositional depth. Meticulous engineering accuracy on all infrastructure. No text, no labels, no human figures prominent.
Grid data: 20 June 2026, 12:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-06-20T10:20 UTC · Download image