Grid Poet — 1 July 2026, 00:00
Brown coal and gas dominate overnight generation while 16.2 GW net imports cover a significant supply gap.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At midnight on July 1st, Germany's grid draws 47.8 GW against only 31.6 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 16.2 GW of net imports. Brown coal leads generation at 10.0 GW, followed by natural gas at 7.3 GW, with wind onshore contributing 4.1 GW and hard coal 4.1 GW — the thermal fleet is running at substantial output to cover overnight baseload. The renewable share stands at 32.6%, composed almost entirely of wind and legacy biomass/hydro, as solar output is naturally zero at this hour. The day-ahead price of 164.9 EUR/MWh is notably elevated for a nighttime hour, reflecting the tight supply-demand balance and heavy reliance on imports and marginal fossil units.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a starless summer sky, the furnaces of lignite glow like ancient forges, feeding a land that still hungers for more. The wind stirs faintly across darkened fields, whispering that its power alone cannot yet carry the night.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 13%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 23%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 31%
33%
Renewable share
4.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
31.6 GW
Total generation
16.2 GW
Net import
164.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.1°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
53.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
468
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the darkness, lit from below by orange sodium lamps on the plant grounds; natural gas 7.3 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power stations with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, floodlit in harsh industrial white; hard coal 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a large coal-fired station with conveyor belts and a single wide chimney, glowing furnace light visible through grated openings; wind onshore 4.1 GW occupies the right portion as a line of tall three-blade turbines on a gentle ridge, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the dark, blades barely turning in the light 5.5 km/h breeze; biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-chip plant with a modest smokestack and a lit loading bay, placed between the coal and the turbines; hydro 1.8 GW appears as a small illuminated dam spillway in the far background valley; wind offshore 0.4 GW is suggested by tiny red lights far on the horizon. The time is midnight: the sky is completely black, no twilight, no sky glow, a deep navy-to-black firmament with only faint stars partially veiled by 53% cloud cover. The summer landscape below shows dark-green deciduous trees in full leaf, barely visible except where caught by industrial light. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, suggesting the high electricity price — a brooding, dense quality to the air. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, deep atmospheric depth — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, lattice tower, cooling tower curvature, and CCGT exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 1 July 2026, 00:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-06-30T22:20 UTC · Download image