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Grid Poet — 23 June 2026, 22:00
Brown coal and gas lead a 32 GW domestic supply; 21 GW net imports fill the summer night gap.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 22:00 on a warm summer night, German domestic generation totals 32.1 GW against consumption of 52.9 GW, resulting in net imports of approximately 20.8 GW. Brown coal leads generation at 9.8 GW, followed by natural gas at 8.4 GW, with biomass contributing a steady 4.2 GW; combined thermal output accounts for roughly 80% of domestic supply. Wind generation is subdued at 4.5 GW combined, consistent with the light 6.3 km/h winds reported, and solar is naturally absent at this hour. The day-ahead price of 335.1 EUR/MWh reflects the substantial import dependency and the high marginal cost of meeting evening demand through thermal and cross-border sources.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a starless vault the furnaces exhale, their plumes a titan's breath against the dark—while distant borders pour their current through the wires like rivers swelling past a dam that cannot hold. Twenty gigawatts of borrowed light keep a warm nation turning in its sleep.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 12%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 0%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 26%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 30%
32%
Renewable share
4.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
32.1 GW
Total generation
-20.8 GW
Net import
335.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
24.6°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
460
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lights; natural gas 8.4 GW fills the centre-left as three compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin white plumes, their turbine halls glowing with interior lighting; biomass 4.2 GW appears centre-right as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and a single smokestack releasing a faint grey column; hard coal 3.5 GW sits behind the biomass plant as a coal-fired station with two squat cooling towers and conveyor belts visible under floodlights; wind onshore 3.8 GW occupies the far right as a row of modern three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors barely turning in the still air, nacelle warning lights blinking red; wind offshore 0.7 GW is suggested by a tiny cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon beyond a dark body of water; hydro 1.8 GW appears as a concrete dam structure nestled in a valley at the far right edge with spillway lights reflected in dark water. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black with scattered stars, absolutely no twilight or sky glow—it is 22:00 in midsummer. The atmosphere is heavy, oppressive, and hazy, with an almost palpable weight in the warm 24.6°C air—heat radiates visibly from the industrial complexes. Lush dark-green deciduous trees and tall summer grasses frame the foreground, barely visible except where caught by facility floodlights. High-voltage transmission pylons recede into the dark background, their cables suggesting the massive import flows. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—rich, dark colour palette of deep blues, blacks, burnt oranges, and sulfurous yellows; visible impasto brushwork; dramatic chiaroscuro between lit industrial facilities and the surrounding darkness; atmospheric depth and haze; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 23 June 2026, 22:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-06-23T20:20 UTC · Download image