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Grid Poet — 4 May 2026, 21:00
Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate as solar is absent, wind is weak, and 27 GW of net imports fill the gap.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 21:00 on a spring evening, domestic generation totals 30.0 GW against consumption of 57.0 GW, requiring approximately 27.0 GW of net imports. Brown coal leads the thermal fleet at 8.5 GW, followed by natural gas at 7.4 GW and hard coal at 3.7 GW, while biomass contributes a steady 4.6 GW. Renewables account for 34.7% of domestic output, driven almost entirely by onshore wind (3.9 GW) and biomass, with solar absent after sunset and offshore wind contributing a modest 0.6 GW in near-calm conditions. The day-ahead price of 194.3 EUR/MWh reflects the heavy reliance on expensive thermal dispatch and substantial import volumes during a period of low wind and no solar availability.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a starless canopy of coal-smoke and cloud, the furnaces roar to fill the void the absent sun and still winds have left behind. Germany draws power from beyond its borders like a great lung inhaling the night.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 13%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 0%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 25%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 28%
35%
Renewable share
4.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.0 GW
Total generation
-27.0 GW
Net import
194.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.0°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
445
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes into the dark sky; natural gas 7.4 GW fills the centre-left as a pair of modern CCGT plants with tall slender exhaust stacks and warm orange-lit turbine halls; hard coal 3.7 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal-fired station with rectangular boiler houses, conveyors, and a single squat cooling tower; biomass 4.6 GW is represented to the right as a cluster of mid-sized industrial facilities with wood-chip silos and shorter stacks emitting thin pale exhaust; onshore wind 3.9 GW appears as a sparse line of three-blade turbines on a low ridge in the right background, their rotors barely turning in the still air, red aviation lights blinking; offshore wind 0.6 GW is a faint suggestion of two or three distant turbines on the far-right horizon; hydro 1.4 GW is a small concrete dam with illuminated spillway in the middle distance. The time is 21:00 in May — fully dark, deep navy-to-black sky with complete overcast, no stars, no twilight glow whatsoever. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price: low thick clouds lit from below by the sodium-orange and industrial-white glow of the power stations. Spring foliage on trees is lush green but visible only where caught by artificial light. Puddles on access roads reflect the amber glow. No solar panels visible anywhere. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark palette of indigo, umber, ochre, and warm orange, visible confident brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth receding into hazy darkness, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, lattice tower, cooling tower shell, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 4 May 2026, 21:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-04T19:20 UTC · Download image