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Grid Poet — 24 April 2026, 20:00
Wind leads at 19.1 GW but heavy thermal dispatch and 17 GW net imports drive prices to 137 EUR/MWh after sunset.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 20:00 on a clear April evening, Germany draws 56.3 GW against 39.3 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 17.0 GW of net imports. Wind contributes a combined 19.1 GW (onshore 14.9, offshore 4.2), forming the backbone of supply, while thermal plants provide a substantial 14.2 GW across brown coal (6.1), natural gas (5.5), and hard coal (2.6). Solar has effectively exited for the day at 0.3 GW, and the resulting residual load of 16.9 GW sustains an elevated day-ahead price of 137.3 EUR/MWh — consistent with an evening demand peak met partly by expensive marginal gas units and cross-border flows. Biomass (4.7 GW) and hydro (1.2 GW) provide steady baseload contributions.
Grid poem Claude AI
The turbines turn beneath a moonless vault, their pale arms reaching where the sun has gone. Coal towers exhale ghostly plumes into the starless dark, feeding a nation's hunger with ancient fire.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 38%
Wind offshore 11%
Solar 1%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 15%
64%
Renewable share
19.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.3 GW
Solar
39.3 GW
Total generation
-16.9 GW
Net import
137.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.1°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 44.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
245
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 14.9 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white lattice towers stretching across rolling hills, their rotors turning in moderate wind. Wind offshore 4.2 GW appears in the far-right background as a cluster of turbines visible on a dark horizon line above a faintly reflective sea. Brown coal 6.1 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights. Natural gas 5.5 GW sits center-left as a compact CCGT facility with twin exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer, lit by white halogen floodlights. Hard coal 2.6 GW appears as a smaller coal plant behind the gas facility, its single stack trailing grey smoke, conveyor belts faintly visible. Biomass 4.7 GW is rendered center-right as a cluster of medium industrial buildings with wood-chip storage domes and a single squat chimney emitting faint whitish exhaust, warmly lit. Hydro 1.2 GW appears as a small concrete dam structure in the middle distance with water spilling over its face, catching artificial light. Solar 0.3 GW is represented by a barely visible darkened row of crystalline PV panels in the foreground, completely unlit and inactive. The sky is entirely dark — a deep navy-to-black April night at 20:00 in Berlin, no twilight glow, no sunset remnants, clear with zero cloud cover, a scattering of stars faintly visible. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, reflecting the high electricity price — a subtle amber-tinted industrial haze hangs low over the thermal plants. Spring vegetation: fresh green grass and budding trees visible in the foreground under sodium streetlight glow. Temperature around 14°C suggests a mild evening. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich dark palette of indigo, amber, and steel grey, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth receding into blackness, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 24 April 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-04-24T18:20 UTC · Download image