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Grid Poet — 3 May 2026, 20:00
Onshore wind leads at 12 GW, but a 17.6 GW net import requirement and thermal generation drive prices above 140 EUR/MWh.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 20:00 on a mild May evening, German domestic generation reaches only 30.6 GW against 48.2 GW consumption, requiring approximately 17.6 GW of net imports to balance the system. Wind onshore at 12.0 GW is the single largest contributor, supported by a substantial thermal base of brown coal at 5.4 GW, biomass at 4.5 GW, and natural gas at 4.4 GW. Solar output is effectively negligible at 0.3 GW given the post-sunset hour and full cloud cover. The day-ahead price of 140.9 EUR/MWh reflects the tight domestic supply-demand balance and heavy reliance on imports and dispatchable thermal generation during this evening demand period.
Grid poem Claude AI
The turbines hum their restless hymn across a lightless land, while coal-fired towers breathe their ancient breath to fill the gap no sun or sea can span. Seventeen gigawatts flow unseen through copper veins from distant hands.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 39%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 1%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 18%
61%
Renewable share
12.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.3 GW
Solar
30.6 GW
Total generation
-17.6 GW
Net import
140.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
20.3°C / 21 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
266
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 12.0 GW dominates the right half of the canvas as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across dark rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the night; brown coal 5.4 GW occupies the far left as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps of an industrial complex; biomass 4.5 GW appears as a mid-sized power station with a tall rectangular boiler building and wood-chip fuel conveyors near the left-centre, warmly lit windows glowing amber; natural gas 4.4 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with slender exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer, illuminated by floodlights; hard coal 2.1 GW is a smaller coal plant with a single squat cooling tower and conveyor belt visible just behind the gas units; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a concrete dam structure nestled in a forested valley in the mid-ground with spillway lights reflecting on dark water; wind offshore 0.5 GW is barely visible as a tiny cluster of turbine lights on the far horizon over a distant dark sea. The sky is completely black with no twilight glow — it is 20:00 in May — heavy 100% cloud cover blocks all stars, creating a dense oppressive ceiling reflecting the industrial glow beneath in sickly amber and grey tones, conveying the high electricity price. The landscape is lush late-spring green, visible only where artificial light falls — warm 20°C air suggested by full-leafed deciduous trees and tall grass swaying moderately in 21 km/h winds. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark palette of deep navy, burnt sienna, and lamp-black, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with industrial haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. The mood is heavy and industrious, a nation's grid straining under nightfall. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 3 May 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-03T18:20 UTC · Download image