Grid Poet — 4 July 2026, 04:00
Wind dominates overnight generation at 17.9 GW but 6.6 GW net imports are needed to meet 39.9 GW demand.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 04:00 on a summer night, German consumption sits at 39.9 GW against 33.3 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 6.6 GW of net imports. Wind generation is robust at 17.9 GW combined (onshore 14.1 GW, offshore 3.8 GW), delivering the bulk of supply and underpinning a 68.8% renewable share despite zero solar output. Thermal baseload from brown coal (5.3 GW), hard coal (2.3 GW), and natural gas (2.8 GW) fills much of the residual load, with biomass (3.8 GW) and hydro (1.2 GW) providing steady renewable complement. The day-ahead price of 106.3 EUR/MWh is elevated for a nighttime hour, reflecting the import requirement and the marginal cost of dispatching coal and gas units to cover the gap.
Grid poem Claude AI
The turbines hum through the starless hours, faithful sentinels above the breathing coal — while across darkened borders, borrowed current flows to feed a nation's quiet, sleeping toll.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 42%
Wind offshore 11%
Solar 0%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 16%
69%
Renewable share
17.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
33.3 GW
Total generation
6.6 GW
Net import
106.3 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.2°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
41.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
223
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 14.1 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling hills into the distance, rotors turning steadily; wind offshore 3.8 GW appears at the far right horizon as a cluster of turbines standing in a dark sea barely visible; brown coal 5.3 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with two hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; hard coal 2.3 GW sits adjacent as a smaller coal plant with a single tall chimney and coal conveyor belts, glowing dimly; natural gas 2.8 GW appears centre-left as a compact CCGT facility with a slender exhaust stack and a faint blue-tinged gas flame visible through an opening; biomass 3.8 GW is rendered centre-right as a mid-sized industrial building with a woodchip storage dome and a modest smokestack; hydro 1.2 GW appears as a small concrete dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley in the middle distance, water gleaming faintly. TIME: 04:00 — completely dark, black sky with scattered stars visible through 41% partial cloud cover, absolutely no twilight or sky glow on the horizon. Temperature 12 °C: lush midsummer vegetation — full leafy trees and tall grass, faintly damp with pre-dawn dew. Atmosphere is heavy and oppressive reflecting the high electricity price — thick humid air, low haze clinging to the ground, a brooding quality. All facilities are lit only by artificial sodium-yellow and white industrial lighting, casting warm pools of light against the surrounding darkness. Overhead high-voltage transmission lines with red aviation warning lights connect the facilities. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich, with rich deep colour palette of navy, black, amber, and grey, visible textured brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro contrast between industrial light and nocturnal darkness. Meticulous engineering accuracy on all turbine nacelles, cooling tower geometry, and plant structures. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 4 July 2026, 04:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-04T02:20 UTC · Download image