Grid Poet — 2 July 2026, 06:00
Wind and brown coal lead domestic generation while 15 GW net imports bridge a significant supply gap at early-morning peak.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 06:00 on a clear summer morning, German generation of 37.4 GW covers only 71% of the 52.4 GW consumption, requiring approximately 15.0 GW of net imports. Renewables contribute 57.9% of domestic generation, led by wind (11.4 GW combined onshore and offshore) and supported by early-morning solar ramping at 4.4 GW. Brown coal remains the single largest individual source at 7.9 GW, with hard coal (3.8 GW) and natural gas (4.1 GW) providing additional baseload and mid-merit support. The day-ahead price of 121.1 EUR/MWh reflects the substantial import requirement and the thermal fleet running near capacity to meet weekday morning demand.
Grid poem Claude AI
Dawn draws her pale blade across a cloudless eastern sky, but the furnaces of the Rhineland burn on, their dark breath mingling with the first light. Fifteen gigawatts cross the borders like silent rivers, filling the gap between what the land makes and what the nation demands.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 16%
Wind offshore 14%
Solar 12%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 11%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 21%
58%
Renewable share
11.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
4.4 GW
Solar
37.4 GW
Total generation
15.0 GW
Net import
121.1 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.8°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 2.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
302
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 6.1 GW and wind offshore 5.3 GW together dominate the right half of the scene as dozens of three-blade turbines with white lattice towers stretching across rolling green hills and a distant grey-blue North Sea horizon; brown coal 7.9 GW occupies the left quarter as massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the sky, flanked by conveyor belts and open-pit mine terraces; natural gas 4.1 GW appears as a cluster of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour in the centre-left; hard coal 3.8 GW sits beside them as a smaller conventional plant with squat chimneys and coal stockpiles; biomass 3.8 GW is rendered as timber-clad industrial buildings with short stacks and woodchip piles in the centre; solar 4.4 GW appears as rows of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels on a gentle south-facing slope catching the first pale pre-dawn glow; hydro 2.0 GW is a concrete run-of-river dam with spillway in the foreground valley. The sky is pre-dawn: deep blue-grey overhead, transitioning to a pale steel-blue and faint peach band along the eastern horizon — no direct sunlight yet, no warm tones in the upper sky. The air feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, with a dense industrial haze pooling in the valleys, reflecting the high electricity price. Temperature is cool at 11.8°C: lush green deciduous trees in full July leaf but with dew glistening on grass. Light wind barely stirs the turbine blades. High-voltage transmission pylons march across the middle distance carrying imported power. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, deep colour palette, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric perspective with sfumato haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and panel frame. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 2 July 2026, 06:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-02T04:20 UTC · Download image