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Grid Poet — 4 May 2026, 20:00
Brown coal, gas, and hard coal anchor a 30 GW domestic supply requiring ~29.6 GW net imports under overcast, calm conditions.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Domestic generation totals 30.0 GW against consumption of 59.6 GW, requiring approximately 29.6 GW of net imports. Thermal generation dominates supply: brown coal leads at 8.3 GW, followed by natural gas at 7.2 GW and hard coal at 3.8 GW, together accounting for nearly two-thirds of domestic output. Wind and solar contribute modestly at a combined 4.8 GW under overcast, low-wind evening conditions, while biomass provides a steady 4.5 GW baseload. The day-ahead price of 266.8 EUR/MWh reflects the severe supply shortfall domestically and tight conditions across interconnected markets, consistent with a spring evening where renewables have largely dropped off and thermal capacity is running near its available limits.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a starless shroud the furnaces roar on, coal towers breathing pale columns into a night that swallows every watt of borrowed light. Half the nation's hunger feeds on foreign current crossing silent borders, while brown lignite keeps its ancient, sulfurous vigil.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 12%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 1%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 24%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 28%
36%
Renewable share
4.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.4 GW
Solar
30.0 GW
Total generation
-29.5 GW
Net import
266.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.6°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
441
gCO₂/kWh
Records
#1 The Spike
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Brown coal 8.3 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into darkness; natural gas 7.2 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks and orange-lit turbine halls; hard coal 3.8 GW appears centre-right as a single large coal plant with a rectangular boiler house and a tall concrete chimney; biomass 4.5 GW is rendered as a group of medium-sized industrial biomass combustion facilities with stacked-log fuel yards and modest stacks glowing warmly, positioned between the gas and coal plants; wind onshore 3.7 GW appears as a sparse row of three-blade turbines on a low hill to the far right, blades barely turning in negligible wind; wind offshore 0.7 GW is suggested by a distant cluster of tiny lit turbine nacelles on the far-right horizon over a dark sea; hydro 1.4 GW is a concrete dam facility with illuminated spillway nestled in a valley at far right. The sky is completely dark — deep black-navy, no twilight, no sky glow, fully overcast with no stars or moon visible. The heavy cloud ceiling hangs low and oppressive, lit faintly from below by the orange sodium glow of the industrial complex, conveying the weight of extreme electricity prices. Vegetation is lush late-spring green, visible only where artificial light falls — fresh leaves on deciduous trees lining a river in the foreground. A broad river reflects the amber and white industrial lights. The overall atmosphere is heavy, humid, and industrially intense. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts, atmospheric perspective with haze and steam merging into the low cloud base, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 4 May 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-04T18:20 UTC · Download image