Grid Poet — 22 March 2026, 14:00
Solar at 38 GW and mild spring weather drive 85% renewable share and negative prices at midday.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates the generation stack at 38.0 GW under cloudless skies and strong direct irradiance of 512 W/m², accounting for roughly 64% of total output. Combined with 6.8 GW of wind, 4.0 GW biomass, and 1.2 GW hydro, renewables reach 84.6% of the 59.1 GW generation mix. Total generation exceeds the 43.9 GW domestic consumption by approximately 15.2 GW, resulting in significant net exports; the negative residual load of −0.9 GW and a day-ahead price of −2.2 EUR/MWh reflect ample supply and muted demand for dispatchable capacity. Brown coal remains online at 5.4 GW alongside 2.5 GW gas and 1.1 GW hard coal, likely reflecting must-run constraints and scheduled operations rather than any marginal economic signal at current prices.
Grid poem Claude AI
A blazing March sun pours gold across ten million panels, drowning the grid in light so abundant that electrons spill across every border. Beneath this solar flood the old coal towers idle and smolder, their purpose dimming like embers in the noonday glare.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 11%
Wind offshore 0%
Solar 64%
Biomass 7%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 9%
85%
Renewable share
6.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
38.0 GW
Solar
59.1 GW
Total generation
+15.1 GW
Net export
-2.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.0°C / 15 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 511.8 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
110
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 38.0 GW dominates the entire right two-thirds of the composition as vast rolling fields of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels — aluminium-framed, blue-black cells glinting under a blazing midday sun, stretching across gentle green spring hills to the horizon. Wind onshore 6.6 GW appears as a cluster of modern three-blade turbines on ridgelines in the centre-right, their rotors turning slowly in a moderate breeze. Brown coal 5.4 GW occupies the far left as a pair of massive lignite power stations with hyperbolic concrete cooling towers trailing thin white steam plumes into the clear sky. Biomass 4.0 GW sits left of centre as a cluster of compact wood-chip CHP plants with low rectangular stacks and small vapour wisps. Natural gas 2.5 GW is rendered as a single sleek CCGT plant with a tall exhaust stack, positioned between the coal and biomass installations. Hydro 1.2 GW appears as a small concrete weir and run-of-river powerhouse beside a sparkling stream in the foreground. Hard coal 1.1 GW is a single older brick-chimney power station with a thin grey plume, tucked behind the gas plant. Wind offshore 0.2 GW is barely visible — a faint suggestion of distant turbines on the hazy northern horizon. The sky is completely cloudless, a luminous cerulean blue; the sun is high and intense, casting sharp shadows. Temperature is a mild 14 °C: early spring foliage — fresh lime-green buds on birch and linden trees, meadows dotted with crocuses and daffodils, brown earth still visible in ploughed fields. The atmosphere is calm, open, almost serene — reflecting negative electricity prices. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting, rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective fading to soft blues at the horizon, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every panel frame, every cooling tower ridge, evoking Caspar David Friedrich's sense of sublime landscape merged with industrial modernity. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 22 March 2026, 14:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-03-22T15:08 UTC · Download image