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Grid Poet — 10 May 2026, 15:00
Solar at 32.7 GW drives 90.8% renewable share, pushing prices negative and enabling 9.9 GW net exports.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Solar dominates at 32.7 GW, contributing two-thirds of total generation despite reported 100% cloud cover—though the 265 W/m² direct radiation figure suggests broken or thin cloud layers rather than true overcast. Wind contributes 6.5 GW combined, with biomass at 3.9 GW and lignite at 2.4 GW providing baseload. Generation exceeds consumption by 9.9 GW, resulting in net exports of approximately 9.9 GW, which is consistent with the marginally negative day-ahead price of -0.3 EUR/MWh—a typical pattern for a spring midday with high solar penetration. Thermal dispatch is minimal, with gas at 1.7 GW and hard coal at 0.4 GW likely running on must-run obligations or heat contracts rather than economic merit.
Grid poem Claude AI
A golden tide of photons floods the plain, drowning the price below the waterline while coal and gas idle in their iron dens. Ten gigawatts stream outward through the wires, a nation's surplus spilling past its borders like an uncontainable spring.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 8%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 67%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 5%
91%
Renewable share
6.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
32.7 GW
Solar
49.1 GW
Total generation
+9.8 GW
Net export
-0.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
20.5°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 265.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
63
gCO₂/kWh
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Solar 32.7 GW dominates the scene, filling the entire right two-thirds of the composition with vast rolling fields of crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels, their aluminium frames gleaming under diffuse but bright midday light filtering through a thin, high overcast sky. Wind onshore 4.1 GW appears as a cluster of three-blade turbines with white lattice towers on gentle green hills in the centre-left middle ground, blades turning slowly in light breeze. Wind offshore 2.4 GW is suggested by distant turbines on a hazy horizon line. Biomass 3.9 GW stands as a compact wood-chip power station with a tall cylindrical stack emitting thin white exhaust, positioned left of centre. Brown coal 2.4 GW occupies the far left as two hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with lazy steam plumes rising into the pale sky. Natural gas 1.7 GW appears as a small CCGT facility with a single polished exhaust stack beside the cooling towers. Hydro 1.4 GW is rendered as a modest dam and spillway visible in a river valley in the far background. Hard coal 0.4 GW is a barely visible small stack behind the lignite plant, almost dormant. The sky is bright but uniformly veiled—thin high cloud diffusing the May afternoon sun at 15:00, with soft shadows on the ground and a luminous white-grey canopy overhead. Temperature is warm at 20.5°C: lush green deciduous trees in full spring leaf, wildflowers dotting meadow edges, vibrant pastoral landscape. The atmosphere is calm, open, and serene, reflecting the near-zero electricity price—no oppressive tones, just gentle luminosity and expansive space. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich colour palette of greens, silvers, and soft golds, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, PV module, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 10 May 2026, 15:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-10T14:53 UTC · Download image