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Grid Poet — 5 May 2026, 19:00
Brown coal, gas, and hard coal anchor generation as overcast skies and moderate wind force 25 GW of net imports.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 19:00 on a fully overcast May evening, German domestic generation reaches only 35.7 GW against 60.7 GW consumption, requiring approximately 25.0 GW of net imports. Brown coal leads conventional output at 8.5 GW, followed by natural gas at 5.4 GW and hard coal at 3.8 GW, reflecting the high residual load of 25.0 GW after renewables. Wind contributes a combined 9.6 GW while solar is effectively negligible at 2.3 GW under complete cloud cover and fading evening light. The day-ahead price at 163.7 EUR/MWh is elevated but consistent with the supply-demand balance, driven by heavy reliance on thermal dispatch and substantial cross-border imports.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a leaden sky the furnaces of the Rhineland breathe their amber plumes, feeding the insatiable hunger of a nation at dusk. The turbines turn slowly on distant ridgelines, whispering of a power not yet sufficient to silence the coal.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 23%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 7%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 24%
50%
Renewable share
9.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.3 GW
Solar
35.7 GW
Total generation
-25.0 GW
Net import
163.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.5°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
351
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 releasing thick steam plumes into heavy air; natural gas 5.4 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin white streams; hard coal 3.8 GW appears centre-right as a large coal plant with rectangular boiler house and conveyor belts feeding dark fuel; wind onshore 8.1 GW spans the right third as roughly two dozen three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles spread across rolling green hills, blades turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 1.5 GW is suggested by a few turbines visible on the far-right horizon above a grey sea; biomass 4.4 GW appears as a cluster of industrial wood-fired CHP plants with squat stacks and timber yards in the centre foreground; hydro 1.5 GW is a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley at far right; solar 2.3 GW is represented by a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-foreground, their surfaces dull and reflecting no sunlight. The sky is a heavy, oppressive blanket of 100% cloud cover at dusk — 19:00 in May — with only a thin band of fading orange-red glow barely visible along the lowest horizon, the rest a deepening grey-purple canopy pressing down on the landscape. The atmosphere feels dense, weighty, and brooding, conveying high electricity prices. Spring vegetation — fresh green meadows, leafy beech and birch trees — at 16.5°C, but muted under the dim, diffuse twilight. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines stride across the middle distance, symbolising the massive import flows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, saturated colour palette of umber, slate, ochre, and forest green; visible, textured brushwork; deep atmospheric perspective with industrial haze blending into low cloud; each power technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 5 May 2026, 19:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-05T17:20 UTC · Download image