Grid Poet — 20 March 2026, 14:00
Solar leads at 33.4 GW under overcast skies; brown coal and gas fill the gap left by near-zero wind.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates at 33.4 GW despite 88% cloud cover, benefiting from high diffuse radiation and residual direct radiation of 200 W/m² typical of thin overcast on a spring afternoon. Wind is essentially absent at 1.8 GW combined, leaving a residual load of 19.6 GW that is met primarily by brown coal (10.7 GW), natural gas (3.9 GW), and hard coal (3.0 GW) — a substantial fossil baseload commitment reflecting the lack of wind. Total generation exceeds consumption by 3.2 GW, indicating a net export of approximately 3.2 GW to neighboring systems. The day-ahead price of 87.4 EUR/MWh is moderately elevated, consistent with the heavy reliance on marginal thermal units in a low-wind regime.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a veiled sun the panels drink what light the clouds permit, while ancient lignite towers exhale their patient, tireless breath. Spring holds its wind in secret, and the grid leans on darker shoulders to carry the afternoon.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 2%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 58%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 18%
70%
Renewable share
1.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
33.4 GW
Solar
58.0 GW
Total generation
+3.2 GW
Net export
87.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.4°C / 1 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
88% / 200.2 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
222
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 33.4 GW dominates the right half and centre of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across gently rolling farmland, angled south, catching diffuse grey-white light; brown coal 10.7 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes rising into the overcast; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a mid-sized wood-chip power plant with a tall stack and timber storage yard in the mid-ground left of centre; natural gas 3.9 GW is rendered as a compact combined-cycle gas turbine facility with a single tall exhaust stack and visible heat shimmer, positioned between the lignite plant and the solar fields; hard coal 3.0 GW sits behind the gas plant as a coal-fired station with conveyor belts and a single large chimney; wind onshore 1.4 GW is shown as a sparse handful of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their rotors barely turning; wind offshore 0.4 GW is a faint suggestion of turbines on a far horizon line; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small concrete dam with spillway in a wooded valley at far right. The time is 2 PM on a March afternoon: full daylight but heavily overcast with an 88% cloud layer creating a flat, bright yet oppressive white-grey sky — no blue visible, no direct sunbeam, but the landscape is well-lit with soft shadowless illumination. The atmosphere feels heavy and weighty, reflecting the elevated electricity price. Early spring vegetation: bare deciduous trees beginning to bud, patches of green grass, cool 12°C air suggested by light mist near the ground. The air is utterly still — no motion in grass, flags hang limp, smoke rises vertically. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, layered colour palette of slate grey, ivory, moss green, and industrial ochre; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric depth with haze softening distant objects; meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, every panel frame, every cooling tower curve. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 20 March 2026, 14:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-03-20T16:08 UTC · Download image