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Grid Poet — 27 April 2026, 20:00
Brown coal, gas, and wind lead a 32.7 GW domestic supply against 59.3 GW demand, requiring ~26.6 GW net imports.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 20:00 on a spring evening, German domestic generation reaches only 32.7 GW against 59.3 GW consumption, requiring approximately 26.6 GW of net imports. Brown coal leads generation at 8.1 GW, followed by natural gas at 7.8 GW and onshore wind at 6.0 GW; solar is effectively absent at 0.3 GW under heavy overcast at nightfall. The day-ahead price of 188.1 EUR/MWh reflects the tight supply-demand balance, with thermal plants running hard and significant cross-border flows needed to meet evening peak demand. Renewable share stands at 39.8%, carried almost entirely by wind and biomass, with biomass contributing a steady 4.7 GW baseload.
Grid poem Claude AI
Coal towers breathe their pale hymns into the starless dark, while turbines turn like restless sentinels on hills the night has swallowed whole. The grid thirsts beyond what the land can pour, and distant borders lend their invisible rivers of current to keep the cities burning.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 18%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 1%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 24%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 25%
40%
Renewable share
6.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.3 GW
Solar
32.7 GW
Total generation
-26.7 GW
Net import
188.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.0°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
96.0% / 27.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
407
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 8.1 GW dominates the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers belching thick white steam plumes into the night sky; natural gas 7.8 GW occupies the centre-left as a cluster of modern CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, their sodium-lit facades glowing amber; onshore wind 6.0 GW spans the centre-right as a line of tall three-blade turbines on rolling hills, red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles, blades turning at moderate speed in 12.5 km/h wind; biomass 4.7 GW appears centre as a wood-chip-fed industrial plant with a single wide smokestack and conveyor belt, lit by harsh white floodlights; hard coal 3.8 GW sits to the far left as a traditional coal-fired station with a single large stack and coal bunkers; hydro 1.4 GW is a small concrete dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley at the right edge, with illuminated spillway; offshore wind 0.6 GW appears as faint distant turbines barely visible on the dark horizon line. The sky is completely black to deep navy — it is 20:00 in late April, full night, no twilight, no sky glow, 96% cloud cover creating an oppressive low ceiling reflecting the orange industrial glow from below. The atmosphere feels heavy and pressured, conveying the 188 EUR/MWh price tension. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees — is barely visible under artificial light, temperature a mild 15°C suggested by figures in shirtsleeves near plant gates. The entire scene is rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated colour, visible textured brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the deep black sky and the amber-orange industrial light pools, atmospheric depth with haze and steam blending into darkness. Each technology is painted with meticulous engineering accuracy: lattice turbine towers, aluminium nacelle housings, concrete cooling tower curvature, steel exhaust stacks. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 27 April 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-04-27T18:20 UTC · Download image