Grid Poet — 7 July 2026, 00:00
Strong overnight wind carries 69.5% renewables but 3.8 GW net imports fill the gap at elevated prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At midnight on a mild July night, wind generation dominates at 25.1 GW combined (onshore 20.8 GW, offshore 4.3 GW), delivering the bulk of a 69.5% renewable share. Brown coal provides a notable 6.6 GW baseload contribution, supplemented by 5.1 GW of natural gas and 1.7 GW of hard coal, reflecting the continued role of thermal dispatchable capacity during overnight hours. Total domestic generation of 43.9 GW falls short of the 47.7 GW consumption, requiring approximately 3.8 GW of net imports. The day-ahead price of 121 EUR/MWh is elevated for a nighttime hour, likely driven by the residual thermal generation costs and import volumes needed to close the supply gap.
Grid poem Claude AI
A thousand blades carve the summer midnight, their wind-born power flooding darkened wires with restless force. Yet beneath the starless sky, coal furnaces still breathe their ancient fire, bridging the gap between abundance and need.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 47%
Wind offshore 10%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 4%
Brown coal 15%
70%
Renewable share
25.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
43.9 GW
Total generation
3.8 GW
Net import
121.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.1°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
59.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
209
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 20.8 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of three-blade wind turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles arrayed across rolling dark hills, rotors spinning briskly; wind offshore 4.3 GW appears in the far background as a cluster of taller offshore turbines silhouetted against the distant horizon above a faintly glimmering sea; brown coal 6.6 GW occupies the left foreground as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes, with adjacent conveyor belts and lignite stockpiles; natural gas 5.1 GW sits centre-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks and smaller heat-recovery units with thin vapour trails; hard coal 1.7 GW appears as a single smaller stack and coal-handling gantry beside the gas plant; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a rounded storage silo and a modest chimney emitting faint biomass exhaust; hydro 1.4 GW is suggested by a small dam and spillway in a valley on the far left edge. The sky is completely dark, deep navy to black, no twilight glow, no sunset remnants — a true midnight scene. Partial clouds at 59% cover obscure some stars but leave patches of dark sky visible. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting high electricity prices — thick humid air, dense steam merging with low clouds. Warm July vegetation: lush dark green deciduous trees and tall grass barely visible in the gloom. All structures lit by sodium-yellow industrial lighting, glowing windows in control buildings, red aviation warning lights on turbine nacelles and cooling tower rims. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark palette of indigo, umber, ochre, and slate grey, with visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro from artificial light against the night, atmospheric depth with mist and steam softening distant elements. Meticulous engineering detail on every turbine blade, cooling tower shell, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 7 July 2026, 00:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-06T22:20 UTC · Download image