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Grid Poet — 26 April 2026, 20:00
Brown coal and gas dominate evening generation as low wind and absent solar force heavy net imports at high prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 20:00 on an April evening, German domestic generation stands at 24.7 GW against consumption of 50.5 GW, requiring approximately 25.8 GW of net imports. Brown coal leads generation at 7.1 GW, followed by natural gas at 5.2 GW and biomass at 4.7 GW; wind contributes a modest 3.5 GW combined onshore and offshore, while solar is negligible at this hour. The day-ahead price of 157.8 EUR/MWh reflects the tight domestic supply-demand balance and heavy reliance on thermal generation and imports during a period of low renewable output. The renewable share of 39.4% is largely carried by biomass and hydro, with wind underperforming relative to installed capacity given the light 10.3 km/h winds.
Grid poem Claude AI
The furnaces breathe deep beneath a darkened April sky, their coal-fired hearts pumping warmth into a nation that demands far more than its own land can supply. Across dim horizons, slow turbines whisper of winds too gentle to answer the grid's insistent call.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 13%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 1%
Biomass 19%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 29%
39%
Renewable share
3.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.3 GW
Solar
24.7 GW
Total generation
-25.9 GW
Net import
157.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.9°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
34.0% / 29.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
420
gCO₂/kWh
Records
#2 Wild Ride
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Brown coal 7.1 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the dark sky; natural gas 5.2 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting heat shimmer; biomass 4.7 GW appears centre-right as a large industrial plant with a tall rectangular chimney and stacked wood-chip storage silos, warmly lit by sodium lamps; wind onshore 3.2 GW occupies the right background as a row of five three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors turning very slowly in light breeze; hard coal 2.6 GW sits behind the brown coal station as a smaller conventional plant with a single smokestack and conveyor belt; hydro 1.2 GW is represented by a concrete dam structure at the far right edge with water glinting under floodlights; wind offshore 0.3 GW is barely suggested as a single distant turbine silhouette on a dark horizon line; solar 0.3 GW is absent from the scene — no panels visible. TIME: 20:00 in late April — fully dark sky, deep navy-black, no twilight glow remaining, stars faintly visible through 34% scattered clouds. All facilities are lit by harsh sodium-orange industrial lighting, casting long amber reflections on wet spring ground. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, hazy with industrial moisture, conveying the high electricity price. Spring vegetation — young green grass, budding deciduous trees at 12.9°C — is barely visible in the artificial light. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich dark palette of navy, amber, slate grey, and warm ochre; visible impasto brushwork; dramatic atmospheric depth with industrial steam merging into low clouds. Each energy technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: three-blade rotor nacelles, aluminium cooling tower ribbing, CCGT exhaust diffusers, conveyor gantries. The scene evokes a sublime industrial nocturne — the awesome scale of human energy infrastructure against a vast dark sky. No text, no labels, no human figures.
Grid data: 26 April 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-04-26T18:20 UTC · Download image