Grid Poet — 29 June 2026, 20:00
Brown coal and gas dominate as solar fades at dusk, driving 27.4 GW net imports and elevated prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 20:00 on a late-June evening, Germany's domestic generation of 32.3 GW covers only 54% of the 59.7 GW consumption, requiring net imports of approximately 27.4 GW. Brown coal leads generation at 8.7 GW, followed by natural gas at 5.9 GW, onshore wind at 5.4 GW, and biomass and hard coal each at 4.1 GW. Solar output has dropped to 2.1 GW as the sun approaches the horizon, contributing to the high residual load. The day-ahead price of 284.3 EUR/MWh reflects the combination of strong summer evening demand, fading solar, modest wind, and heavy reliance on thermal and imported generation to meet load.
Grid poem Claude AI
The sun relinquishes its golden claim as coal and gas ignite the twilight's iron furnace, pillars of steam rising into a darkening vault. Across the border, borrowed current flows like a river of light into an insatiable land.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 17%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 6%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 27%
42%
Renewable share
5.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.1 GW
Solar
32.3 GW
Total generation
27.4 GW
Net import
284.3 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
24.3°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 108.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
404
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the darkening sky; natural gas 5.9 GW occupies the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin plumes, lit by orange sodium lamps; onshore wind 5.4 GW spans the centre-right as a line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, blades turning slowly in light wind; hard coal 4.1 GW appears behind the gas plants as a large coal-fired station with prominent chimneys and conveyor belts; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-chip-fueled plant with a modest smokestack and log piles in the foreground; solar 2.1 GW appears as a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the lower right, catching the last faint amber light on the western horizon; hydro 1.7 GW is a small concrete run-of-river dam with white water spilling over the weir at the far right edge; offshore wind 0.4 GW is barely visible as a few distant turbines on the far horizon. The sky is deep navy-blue above, transitioning to a narrow band of residual orange-red glow along the western horizon — it is 20:00 in late June, the last trace of civil twilight fading rapidly. The atmosphere feels heavy, oppressive, and hazy, reflecting the extreme electricity price. Summer vegetation is lush and green but darkening into silhouette. Artificial lighting — sodium-yellow streetlights, floodlit industrial yards, glowing control-room windows — provides most illumination. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth, warm industrial glow against cool twilight, and meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and panel frame. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 29 June 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-06-29T18:20 UTC · Download image