Grid Poet — 1 July 2026, 23:00
Lignite, gas, and coal anchor overnight generation while 21.7 GW of net imports bridge the demand gap.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 23:00 on a summer night, German consumption sits at 50.2 GW against domestic generation of only 28.5 GW, implying net imports of approximately 21.7 GW — a substantial draw on interconnectors consistent with low domestic renewable output during nighttime hours. Solar is entirely absent and onshore wind contributes a modest 3.2 GW at light wind speeds, leaving lignite (8.8 GW), natural gas (5.8 GW), hard coal (4.1 GW), and biomass (4.1 GW) as the primary domestic sources. The renewable share of 34.2 % is carried mainly by biomass and hydro, with wind providing a limited contribution. The day-ahead price of 156.7 EUR/MWh reflects the heavy reliance on thermal dispatchable generation and significant import volumes to cover the supply-demand gap.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a moonless vault the furnaces hold court, their amber breath rising where the sun has long retreated. The wires hum with borrowed current from distant lands, stitching the dark hours into a fabric of imported fire.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 11%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 7%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 31%
34%
Renewable share
3.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
28.5 GW
Total generation
21.7 GW
Net import
156.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.3°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
462
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 5.8 GW fills the centre-left as compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer against the dark sky; hard coal 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a heavy coal-fired station with conveyor belts and a broad smokestack glowing faintly; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a domed wood-chip silo and a squat chimney releasing pale vapour; wind onshore 3.2 GW occupies the far right as a sparse row of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors turning slowly in light breeze, red aviation warning lights blinking at their nacelles; hydro 2.1 GW is suggested by a concrete dam in the middle distance with a faint cascade of water catching reflected light; wind offshore 0.3 GW is a single distant turbine silhouette barely visible on the horizon. Time is 23:00 on a warm July night: the sky is completely black, no twilight, no sky glow — only a scattering of stars visible between thin wisps of residual industrial haze. The landscape is a broad German river valley with lush midsummer vegetation — dark green deciduous trees, tall grass — visible only where sodium streetlamps and industrial floodlights cast pools of warm orange. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price: a thick, hazy quality to the air, industrial steam spreading low across the scene, the horizon smudged. High-voltage transmission pylons march across the middle ground carrying thick conductor bundles, symbolising the enormous import flow. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich chiaroscuro, visible impasto brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every cooling tower rib, turbine blade pitch mechanism, and CCGT exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 1 July 2026, 23:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-01T21:20 UTC · Download image