Grid Poet — 5 July 2026, 20:00
Strong onshore wind leads at 19.8 GW, but 14.0 GW net imports fill the evening demand gap under full overcast.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 20:00 on a summer evening, German consumption stands at 52.2 GW against 38.2 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 14.0 GW of net imports. Wind onshore dominates the generation stack at 19.8 GW, complemented by 2.9 GW offshore, while solar has largely faded to 2.1 GW under full cloud cover at sunset. Thermal generation is moderate, with brown coal at 3.6 GW, natural gas at 2.8 GW, and hard coal at 1.5 GW providing baseload and ramping support. The day-ahead price of 129.3 EUR/MWh reflects the tight supply-demand balance and reliance on imports, consistent with an evening peak under overcast conditions that suppress residual solar output.
Grid poem Claude AI
The turbines churn beneath a sunless shroud, their steel arms reaching into darkness as coal fires glow defiantly below. Germany draws breath from distant borders, the price of twilight written in smoke and imports.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 52%
Wind offshore 8%
Solar 6%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 10%
79%
Renewable share
22.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.1 GW
Solar
38.2 GW
Total generation
14.0 GW
Net import
129.3 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.5°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
142
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 19.8 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of large three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling green hills into the deep background; brown coal 3.6 GW occupies the far left as three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lights; wind offshore 2.9 GW appears as a cluster of turbines visible on a distant dark horizon line beyond a faint coastline; natural gas 2.8 GW sits left-center as two compact CCGT units with slender exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; solar 2.1 GW is represented by a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the lower foreground, their surfaces dark and reflecting no sunlight; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a cylindrical silo and modest smokestack emitting pale vapor, positioned between the coal plant and gas units; hard coal 1.5 GW is a smaller coal plant with a single rectangular stack and conveyor belt visible beside the brown coal complex; hydro 1.3 GW is suggested by a concrete dam structure with spillway at the base of the hills on the right. TIME AND LIGHTING: 20:00 in early July in Germany — the sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight glow remaining, no sunset colors; all structures are illuminated only by artificial light — amber sodium streetlamps along access roads, white floodlights on the industrial facilities, red aviation warning lights blinking atop every wind turbine nacelle, warm glowing windows in a small control building. WEATHER: 100% cloud cover creates a low, heavy, oppressive overcast ceiling barely visible in the darkness, no stars; mild 18.5°C summer air with lush green vegetation on the hillsides visible where floodlights reach; turbine blades turning at moderate speed in light wind. ATMOSPHERE: the high electricity price of 129.3 EUR/MWh is conveyed through a heavy, brooding, oppressive mood — thick humid air, low clouds pressing down, a sense of industrial strain and tension. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich dark color palette of deep blues, blacks, warm ambers and industrial oranges, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro from artificial lighting against the dark sky, atmospheric depth with haze and steam, meticulous engineering accuracy on all turbine nacelles, rotor blades, cooling tower geometry, and panel framing. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 5 July 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-05T18:20 UTC · Download image