Grid Poet — 29 June 2026, 22:00
Brown coal and gas dominate a 31.7 GW domestic supply requiring ~23 GW net imports at nightfall.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 22:00 on a warm summer evening, German domestic generation stands at 31.7 GW against consumption of 54.8 GW, requiring approximately 23.1 GW of net imports. Brown coal leads generation at 9.4 GW, followed by natural gas at 7.0 GW, with wind contributing a modest 5.3 GW combined onshore and offshore in light wind conditions. Solar output is zero as expected at this hour, and the renewable share sits at 35.5%, composed mainly of wind, biomass (4.2 GW), and hydro (1.7 GW). The day-ahead price of 230.9 EUR/MWh reflects the substantial import dependency and heavy reliance on thermal generation during this evening demand period.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a starless vault the coal fires burn unceasing, their cooling towers breathing white against the velvet dark, while distant turbine blades turn slow as sleeping breath. The grid drinks deep from foreign wells tonight, its hunger vast beyond what native furnaces can sate.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 16%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 0%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 22%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 30%
36%
Renewable share
5.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
31.7 GW
Total generation
23.1 GW
Net import
230.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
22.0°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 2.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
447
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the black night sky, their concrete surfaces lit amber by sodium floodlights at their bases; natural gas 7.0 GW fills the centre-left as several compact CCGT power blocks with tall slender exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by harsh industrial white lights; wind onshore 5.1 GW occupies the centre-right as a line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the deep navy-black sky, blades turning very slowly in light breeze; biomass 4.2 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and a single smokestack with faint grey exhaust, warmly lit from within; hard coal 4.1 GW sits behind the brown coal complex as a traditional power station with rectangular cooling towers and conveyor belts, illuminated by orange sodium lamps; hydro 1.7 GW is visible in the far right background as a concrete dam with spillway faintly reflecting artificial light from below; wind offshore 0.2 GW is barely suggested as a single distant turbine silhouette on a dark horizon line. The sky is completely black with no twilight glow, scattered stars mostly obscured by steam and industrial haze creating a heavy, oppressive atmosphere reflecting the extreme electricity price. The landscape is flat central German terrain with warm summer vegetation — full-leafed deciduous trees and tall grass visible in foreground lamplight at 22 degrees. The mood is brooding and weighty. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts between industrial light pools and surrounding darkness, atmospheric depth with steam merging into night sky, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower rib, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 29 June 2026, 22:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-06-29T20:20 UTC · Download image