Grid Poet — 5 July 2026, 21:00
Strong onshore wind leads generation but 15.7 GW net imports are needed as solar fades and thermal plants ramp.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 21:00 on a summer evening, Germany draws 50.8 GW against 35.1 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 15.7 GW of net imports. Wind onshore dominates the generation mix at 17.1 GW, complemented by 2.9 GW offshore, but with solar effectively absent post-sunset and overcast skies, thermal plants fill a substantial role: brown coal at 4.2 GW, natural gas at 2.9 GW, and hard coal at 2.2 GW. The day-ahead price of 136.5 EUR/MWh reflects the tight supply-demand balance and reliance on imports and marginal fossil units, consistent with a high-demand summer evening when solar output has dropped to near zero. Biomass at 4.4 GW and hydro at 1.3 GW provide steady baseload renewable contributions.
Grid poem Claude AI
The turbines turn beneath a starless vault, their pale arms reaching through the heavy dark where coal smoke mingles with the summer night. Germany drinks deeply from distant wells, her own fires not enough to quench the evening's thirst.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 49%
Wind offshore 8%
Solar 1%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 12%
74%
Renewable share
20.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.2 GW
Solar
35.1 GW
Total generation
15.6 GW
Net import
136.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.1°C / 9 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
184
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 17.1 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles stretching across rolling hills into the distance, blades turning moderately; brown coal 4.2 GW occupies the far left as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the dark sky, lit from below by amber industrial lights; biomass 4.4 GW appears left-of-centre as a large wood-chip-fired power station with a tall rectangular stack and conveyor belts, glowing warmly from interior lighting; natural gas 2.9 GW sits at centre as a compact combined-cycle gas turbine facility with a slender exhaust stack and visible heat shimmer; hard coal 2.2 GW appears as a smaller conventional plant with a single large chimney and coal hoppers near the brown coal complex; wind offshore 2.9 GW is glimpsed at the far right horizon as a line of turbines standing in dark water, their red aviation warning lights blinking; hydro 1.3 GW is represented by a small dam and reservoir in the mid-ground valley with a faint white overflow stream. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sunset glow — full nighttime at 21:00 in July. Heavy 100% overcast clouds press low, reflecting a dull orange-sodium glow from the industrial facilities below. The atmosphere feels thick and oppressive, suggesting the high electricity price. The landscape is lush summer green with full deciduous trees, visible only where artificial light falls on them. Sodium streetlights line a small road threading between the installations. Scattered lit windows of a small German town glow in the middle distance. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — rich dark colours, visible confident brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and smokestack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 5 July 2026, 21:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-05T19:20 UTC · Download image