Grid Poet — 27 June 2026, 06:00

Brown coal leads at 8.7 GW as wind and early solar fall short, requiring 7.2 GW net imports at elevated prices.

Grid analysis Claude AI

At 06:00 on a late-June morning, German consumption stands at 42.9 GW against domestic generation of 35.7 GW, implying net imports of approximately 7.2 GW. Renewables contribute 55.1% of generation, led by onshore wind at 8.4 GW and solar at 4.7 GW — the latter still ramping in early morning under 63% cloud cover and negligible direct radiation (1.0 W/m²). Brown coal remains the single largest source at 8.7 GW, supplemented by 3.2 GW of hard coal and 4.1 GW of natural gas, reflecting the substantial residual load that thermal plant must cover during this demand period. The day-ahead price of 112.7 EUR/MWh is elevated, consistent with the import dependency and the need to dispatch higher-marginal-cost gas units to meet morning load pickup.

Grid poem Claude AI

Dawn creeps across a coal-dark plain where turbine blades turn slow in windless grey, and the grid reaches beyond its borders to drink the power it cannot yet make. The furnaces glow beneath a veiled sun, patient engines of lignite feeding a nation still half-asleep.

Generation mix

Wind onshore 24%

Wind offshore 3%

Solar 13%

Biomass 10%

Hydro 5%

Natural gas 11%

Hard coal 9%

Brown coal 24%

55%

Renewable share

9.4 GW

Wind (on + offshore)

4.7 GW

Solar

35.7 GW

Total generation

-7.2 GW

Net import

112.7 €/MWh

Day-ahead price

21.0°C / 3 km/h

Temp / Wind speed

Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)

63.0% / 1.0 W/m²

Cloud cover / Radiation

324

gCO₂/kWh

Image prompt

Brown coal 8.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes into the dawn sky; onshore wind 8.4 GW spans the centre-right as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across gentle rolling hills, blades turning almost imperceptibly in near-calm air; solar 4.7 GW appears as a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the centre foreground, their surfaces reflecting only diffuse grey-blue pre-dawn light with no direct sunshine; natural gas 4.1 GW rendered as a compact CCGT plant with twin exhaust stacks and a smaller cooling unit, positioned centre-left behind the coal complex; biomass 3.7 GW shown as a squat industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a single smokestack with faint exhaust, nestled to the right of the gas plant; hard coal 3.2 GW depicted as a traditional coal plant with conveyor belts and a tall brick chimney, adjacent to the lignite towers on the left; hydro 1.8 GW as a concrete dam and spillway visible in a river valley in the far right background; offshore wind 1.0 GW suggested as faint turbine silhouettes on the distant horizon line. The sky is early dawn at 06:00 in late June — deep blue-grey overhead transitioning to a pale steel-blue band along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight yet visible, 63% cloud cover creating a layered overcast with subtle breaks. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting high electricity prices — hazy, slightly humid air with muted colours. Vegetation is lush midsummer green, tall grasses and deciduous trees in full leaf at 21°C. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, sombre colour palette of slate blues, warm ochres from industrial light, deep greens; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric depth with receding layers of industrial and natural landscape; meticulous engineering accuracy on all turbine nacelles, rotor blades, cooling tower geometries, panel arrays, and plant infrastructure. No text, no labels.

Grid data: 27 June 2026, 06:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-06-27T04:20 UTC · Download image