Grid Poet — 1 July 2026, 20:00
Brown coal, gas, and hard coal anchor domestic supply while Germany imports roughly 26.7 GW on a warm summer evening.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Domestic generation totals 32.1 GW against 58.8 GW consumption, requiring approximately 26.7 GW of net imports. Brown coal leads the thermal fleet at 8.4 GW, followed by natural gas at 5.5 GW and hard coal at 4.1 GW, collectively providing 56% of domestic output. Renewables contribute 43.7% of domestic generation, with onshore wind at 5.0 GW and solar fading to 2.5 GW as the July evening progresses past sunset. The day-ahead price of 231.7 EUR/MWh reflects the substantial import dependency and heavy reliance on marginal thermal units during this high-demand summer evening period.
Grid poem Claude AI
The furnaces of Lusatia breathe their ancient carbon skyward, while turbines on distant ridges spin slowly against a darkening vault. Half the nation's hunger comes from beyond the border, paid for in gold the color of cooling-tower steam.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 16%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 8%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 26%
44%
Renewable share
5.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.5 GW
Solar
32.1 GW
Total generation
26.7 GW
Net import
231.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
23.2°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 156.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
395
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into a dark night sky; natural gas 5.5 GW occupies the centre-left as compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour, lit by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a heavy block-shaped power station with conveyor belts and a single large chimney; onshore wind 5.0 GW stretches across the right quarter as a line of modern three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation lights blinking against the black sky; solar 2.5 GW is rendered as a field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-ground, barely visible, catching only the last traces of fading amber horizon glow far in the west; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a medium-scale wood-chip facility with a modest smokestack near the wind turbines; hydro 2.0 GW is suggested by a concrete dam and spillway in the distant right background, illuminated by a few white floodlights; offshore wind 0.4 GW is a faint silhouette of two turbines on the far horizon. The sky is fully dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow—it is 20:00 in July but the sun has set; only artificial lighting illuminates the scene: sodium streetlights cast orange pools, industrial floodlights throw harsh white cones across concrete and steel. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, with a warm haze hanging over the landscape reflecting the extreme electricity price. Lush midsummer vegetation—tall grasses, full-leafed deciduous trees—frames the foreground in dark greens barely visible in the artificial light. A light breeze stirs the grass and tree leaves. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting—rich colour palette, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro—yet with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, panel frame, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 1 July 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-01T18:20 UTC · Download image