Grid Poet — 29 June 2026, 19:00
Brown coal leads at 8.5 GW as solar fades and 25.3 GW net imports fill a wide supply gap at elevated prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 19:00 on a late June evening, Germany is generating 35.7 GW domestically against 61.0 GW of consumption, requiring approximately 25.3 GW of net imports. Renewables contribute 51.9% of domestic generation, with solar providing 6.6 GW in the fading evening light and onshore wind adding 5.8 GW under moderate breeze conditions. Brown coal at 8.5 GW is the single largest source, supplemented by 4.6 GW of natural gas and 4.0 GW each of hard coal and biomass, reflecting substantial thermal dispatch to cover the large import gap. The day-ahead price of 197.7 EUR/MWh is elevated, consistent with the high residual load of 25.3 GW and the significant reliance on imported power and marginal thermal units during sustained early-evening demand.
Grid poem Claude AI
The sun sinks low through haze and coal-smoke, its golden lance dimming against towers that breathe endless grey plumes into the summer dusk. Across the darkening plain, turbine blades turn like slow prayer wheels, counting the megawatts the sky alone cannot provide.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 16%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 18%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 24%
52%
Renewable share
6.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
6.6 GW
Solar
35.7 GW
Total generation
25.3 GW
Net import
197.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
24.7°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
68.0% / 123.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
343
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes; solar 6.6 GW occupies the centre-left as a broad field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels catching the last oblique amber light; wind onshore 5.8 GW spans the centre as a line of modern three-blade turbines on lattice towers turning slowly in a light breeze; natural gas 4.6 GW appears centre-right as two compact CCGT blocks with slender exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer; hard coal 4.0 GW sits to the right as a classical coal-fired plant with a single large smokestack and coal conveyor belt; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a timber-clad biomass CHP facility with a modest rounded chimney and woodchip storage; hydro 1.7 GW appears far right as a small concrete weir with water cascading through turbine gates; wind offshore 0.5 GW is faintly visible on the far horizon as two distant turbines. The sky reflects 19:00 Berlin midsummer dusk — the lower horizon glows deep orange-red fading to amber, while the upper sky darkens through slate-blue toward indigo, partially veiled by 68% cloud cover in layered cumulus tinted copper and violet. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, conveying the high electricity price — a warm 24.7°C summer evening with lush green deciduous trees in full leaf, tall grass, and wildflowers along a foreground meadow. Light wind at 10.7 km/h rustles leaves gently. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, luminous atmospheric depth, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower rib, and panel frame — evoking Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 29 June 2026, 19:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-06-29T17:20 UTC · Download image