Grid Poet — 30 June 2026, 21:00
Brown coal, gas, and wind lead a 34.6 GW domestic supply against 57.2 GW demand, requiring large net imports.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 21:00 on a warm summer evening, German domestic generation reaches 34.6 GW against consumption of 57.2 GW, resulting in net imports of approximately 22.6 GW. Brown coal leads generation at 9.8 GW, followed by natural gas at 7.7 GW and onshore wind at 6.3 GW, reflecting heavy reliance on thermal baseload after solar has effectively ceased at sunset. The renewable share stands at 37.4%, driven almost entirely by wind and biomass, with solar contributing a negligible 0.2 GW under full cloud cover. The day-ahead price of 0.0 EUR/MWh is notably incongruent with the large import requirement and high thermal dispatch, suggesting this may reflect a brief market anomaly, cross-border pricing dynamics, or a data artifact rather than a fundamental oversupply condition.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a shrouded sky the furnaces breathe deep, feeding a hunger that the wind alone cannot keep. The turbines turn in darkness, loyal but outmatched, while distant borders hum with borrowed current, latched.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 18%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 0%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 22%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 28%
37%
Renewable share
6.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.2 GW
Solar
34.6 GW
Total generation
22.6 GW
Net import
Day-ahead price
24.0°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 2.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
432
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.8 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 night sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps illuminating the sprawling lignite plant structures; natural gas 7.7 GW fills the center-left as compact CCGT power stations with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, their steel facades glowing under industrial floodlights; onshore wind 6.3 GW occupies the center-right as a line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky, rotors turning slowly in light breeze; biomass 4.2 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a single smokestack with faint exhaust, warmly lit windows visible; hard coal 4.1 GW sits to the far right as a conventional coal plant with rectangular cooling towers and conveyor belt structures, coal piles faintly visible under arc lights; hydro 1.8 GW is suggested by a small dam structure in the far background with water cascading, lit by a few white floodlights; offshore wind 0.5 GW appears as two distant turbines on the far horizon, barely visible with tiny red lights. The sky is completely dark, deep black-navy with full 100% cloud cover obscuring all stars, no twilight or sky glow whatsoever. The air is warm and humid — lush green deciduous trees in full summer foliage frame the foreground, their leaves barely stirring in the still air. The atmosphere is calm and open despite the industrial density, reflecting a 0 EUR/MWh price. The overall mood is a quiet, warm summer night dominated by the constant glow of thermal power plants. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour with deep indigos, warm oranges, and cool steel greys, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro from artificial light sources against total darkness. Meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 30 June 2026, 21:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-06-30T19:20 UTC · Download image