Grid Poet — 5 July 2026, 19:00
Strong onshore wind leads generation under full overcast, but 10.2 GW net imports bridge the evening demand gap.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 19:00 on a summer evening, German consumption stands at 52.9 GW against 42.7 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 10.2 GW of net imports. Wind onshore dominates at 22.4 GW, complemented by 6.7 GW of residual solar output declining toward sunset under full overcast. Thermal plants contribute modestly — brown coal at 2.6 GW, natural gas at 1.7 GW, and hard coal at 0.9 GW — consistent with their role as marginal price-setting units behind the elevated day-ahead price of 107.5 EUR/MWh. The 87.8% renewable share is strong for an overcast evening, but the import requirement reflects solar's waning contribution and the supply-demand gap that typically characterizes summer evening ramp periods.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a bruised and lidless sky the turbines churn their hymn, while coal fires glow like embers in the dusk's diminishing rim. The grid breathes deep, importing light from lands beyond the haze, as summer's overcast dominion smothers the sun's last rays.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 53%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 16%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 6%
88%
Renewable share
25.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
6.7 GW
Solar
42.7 GW
Total generation
10.2 GW
Net import
107.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.7°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
85
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 22.4 GW dominates the scene as vast rows of three-blade turbines with lattice towers stretching across rolling green hills from centre to far right, rotors turning steadily in moderate breeze; solar 6.7 GW appears as fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels on the centre-left foreground, their surfaces dull and unreflective under heavy cloud; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a cluster of modest industrial plants with wood-chip silos and thin exhaust columns at the left midground; wind offshore 2.9 GW is visible as a distant line of large turbines on a grey North Sea horizon at the far right; brown coal 2.6 GW occupies the far left as two hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes against the dark sky; natural gas 1.7 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack near the left cooling towers; hydro 1.3 GW is a small dam structure with cascading water at the lower left corner; hard coal 0.9 GW is a single modest smokestack adjacent to the brown coal plant. The sky is entirely overcast at 100% cloud cover, a heavy uniform ceiling of grey-slate clouds with no break, casting flat diffuse light; the time is 19:00 in July — late dusk with a faint warm orange-red glow barely visible along the lowest edge of the western horizon, the rest of the sky darkening toward steel-blue grey above. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price. Lush midsummer vegetation — dark green deciduous trees, tall grass, wildflowers — covers the rolling terrain at 18.7°C. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich layered colour, visible expressive brushwork, atmospheric depth and haze, dramatic chiaroscuro between the dim sky and the faint industrial glow. Each energy technology is painted with meticulous engineering accuracy — turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, PV panel grid patterns, hyperbolic concrete cooling tower ribbing, CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels, no people.
Grid data: 5 July 2026, 19:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-05T17:20 UTC · Download image