Grid Poet — 9 July 2026, 06:00
Brown coal leads at 7.7 GW as overcast skies and moderate wind drive 17.1 GW net imports at dawn.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 06:00 on a fully overcast July morning, German generation totals 34.6 GW against consumption of 51.7 GW, requiring approximately 17.1 GW of net imports. Renewables contribute 51.6% of domestic generation, led by wind onshore at 6.7 GW and biomass at 3.9 GW, while solar produces only 3.7 GW under complete cloud cover at this early hour. Thermal baseload is substantial, with brown coal at 7.7 GW, natural gas at 5.0 GW, and hard coal at 4.0 GW collectively providing nearly half of domestic output. The day-ahead price of 149.2 EUR/MWh reflects the large import requirement and high thermal dispatch needed to meet mid-week morning demand under unfavorable renewable conditions.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a leaden sky where no sun dares to break, the furnaces of lignite glow and the turbines slowly wake. A nation draws its breath through cables stretched across the borders, while coal smoke curls like questions into the grey July morning's orders.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 19%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 11%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 22%
52%
Renewable share
9.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
3.7 GW
Solar
34.6 GW
Total generation
17.1 GW
Net import
149.2 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.3°C / 8 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
341
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the overcast sky; wind onshore 6.7 GW spans the right third as a long ridge of three-blade turbines on lattice towers turning slowly in light wind; natural gas 5.0 GW appears centre-right as two compact CCGT plants with tall slender exhaust stacks emitting thin heat haze; hard coal 4.0 GW sits centre-left as a blocky power station with conveyor belts and a single large chimney trailing dark smoke; biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a mid-ground wood-chip-fed plant with a modest stack and stored timber piles; solar 3.7 GW appears as a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the middle distance, their surfaces dull and reflectionless under the clouds; wind offshore 2.3 GW is suggested by distant turbines on the far horizon over a grey sea inlet; hydro 1.2 GW is a concrete dam structure with a narrow spillway at the far right edge. Time of day is dawn at 06:00 in early July: the sky is a deep blue-grey pre-dawn light with no direct sunlight, the horizon showing only a faint pale band of earliest morning glow. Cloud cover is total — a heavy, unbroken, oppressive ceiling of stratiform clouds pressing down on the landscape, conveying the tension of high electricity prices. The temperature is mild at 16°C, with lush green summer vegetation on rolling central German hills, wet grass glistening faintly. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich, moody colour palette of slate greys, muted greens, and warm industrial oranges from lit facility windows, with visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and aerial perspective, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and panel frame. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 9 July 2026, 06:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-09T04:20 UTC · Download image