Grid Poet — 1 July 2026, 21:00
Brown coal and gas dominate evening generation as heavy net imports cover a 27 GW shortfall at high prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 21:00 on a summer evening, German domestic generation stands at 29.3 GW against consumption of 56.4 GW, requiring approximately 27.1 GW of net imports. Brown coal leads generation at 8.5 GW, followed by natural gas at 5.8 GW, biomass at 4.2 GW, hard coal at 4.1 GW, and onshore wind at 4.0 GW; solar has effectively dropped out at 0.3 GW with the sun well below the horizon. The day-ahead price of 243.5 EUR/MWh is elevated, consistent with the heavy reliance on thermal baseload, modest wind output, and the substantial import volume needed to bridge the generation-consumption gap during a warm summer evening when cooling loads and residual domestic demand remain high. Renewable share sits at 37%, carried primarily by biomass, hydro, and moderate onshore wind rather than by variable renewables.
Grid poem Claude AI
The furnaces of Lusatia breathe their ancient carbon into a starless night, towers wreathed in pale exhaust against a sky worth its weight in gold. Across darkened fields the turbines turn slowly, whispering of a share too small to quiet the hunger of fifty-six billion watts.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 14%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 1%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 7%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 29%
37%
Renewable share
4.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.3 GW
Solar
29.3 GW
Total generation
27.2 GW
Net import
243.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
21.4°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 46.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
440
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.5 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 black summer night sky; natural gas 5.8 GW fills the center-left as a pair of compact CCGT power stations with slender exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.1 GW appears center-right as a large conventional coal plant with a single tall smokestack and conveyor belts visible under arc lights; biomass 4.2 GW sits to the right of center as several illuminated wood-chip-fed generating facilities with corrugated metal sidings and small chimneys glowing warmly; onshore wind 4.0 GW occupies the right portion of the scene as a line of modern three-blade turbines on lattice-free tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the dark sky, blades turning slowly in light wind; hydro 2.1 GW appears in the far right as a small illuminated dam with water cascading over a spillway, caught by floodlights. The sky is completely dark, deep black-navy with no twilight or sky glow, only stars faintly visible between the industrial steam plumes. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the extreme 243.5 EUR/MWh price — a thick humid summer haze hangs at ground level, sodium streetlights cast amber pools on asphalt roads connecting the facilities. Lush green summer vegetation — dense deciduous trees and tall grass — lines the foreground, barely visible in the artificial light, consistent with 21°C warmth. No solar panels visible anywhere. The entire landscape is rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic painters such as Caspar David Friedrich, with rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the sodium-lit industrial structures and the surrounding darkness, atmospheric depth created by layered steam and haze, and meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and exhaust stack detail. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 1 July 2026, 21:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-01T19:20 UTC · Download image