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Grid Poet — 28 June 2026, 21:00
Brown coal and imports dominate a hot summer night as solar vanishes and wind underperforms against high demand.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 21:00 on a late-June evening, German domestic generation of 29.3 GW covers only 58% of the 50.1 GW consumption, requiring approximately 20.8 GW of net imports. The residual load of 20.8 GW is substantial, driven by a combination of post-sunset solar collapse (0.2 GW), moderate onshore wind (7.4 GW), and lingering cooling demand from a 29°C heatwave day. Brown coal leads generation at 8.5 GW, complemented by equal contributions from hard coal and natural gas at 3.4 GW each, while biomass provides a steady 4.1 GW baseload. The day-ahead price of 161 EUR/MWh reflects the tight supply-demand balance and heavy reliance on thermal and imported generation during this summer evening peak.
Grid poem Claude AI
The sun has fled and left its burning debt behind, paid now in lignite smoke and foreign current flowing through the wires. The turbines turn but cannot fill the void the daystar left—so coal and commerce shoulder what the wind alone cannot.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 25%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 1%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 11%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 29%
48%
Renewable share
8.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.2 GW
Solar
29.3 GW
Total generation
-20.8 GW
Net import
161.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
29.0°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
37.0% / 23.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
382
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into a deep navy-black night sky; onshore wind 7.4 GW spans the right third as rows of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, blades turning slowly in light wind, their red aviation warning lights blinking; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a cluster of industrial biomass plants with lit chimneys and warm amber-glowing furnace windows in the centre-left; natural gas 3.4 GW is rendered as compact CCGT units with single tall exhaust stacks and visible heat shimmer, positioned centre-right; hard coal 3.4 GW appears as a traditional coal-fired power station with rectangular cooling towers and conveyor belts illuminated by sodium-orange floodlights, adjacent to the lignite plant; hydro 1.5 GW is visible as a small illuminated dam spillway in the far background valley; offshore wind 0.8 GW appears as distant turbines on a dark horizon line with tiny red lights. The sky is completely dark—no twilight, no sky glow—a black summer night sky with scattered stars visible through 37% thin cloud wisps. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, hazy with residual heat from the 29°C day, the air thick and still. Lush green deciduous trees in full summer foliage frame the foreground, barely visible except where caught by industrial lighting. Sodium streetlights cast orange pools along a road in the lower foreground. The overall mood is one of immense industrial effort under a sweltering dark sky. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—rich dark palette of deep blues, warm oranges, and industrial greys, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro contrast between the glowing industrial facilities and the surrounding darkness. Meticulous engineering detail on all structures. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 28 June 2026, 21:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-06-28T19:20 UTC · Download image