Grid Poet — 10 July 2026, 02:00
Brown coal, gas, and onshore wind dominate overnight generation as 14.6 GW of net imports fill a supply gap.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 02:00 on a mild July night, Germany's grid draws 43.5 GW against 28.9 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 14.6 GW of net imports. Brown coal leads generation at 8.5 GW, followed by natural gas at 5.4 GW and wind onshore at 5.8 GW; solar contributes nothing at this hour. The day-ahead price of 139.7 EUR/MWh is elevated for a nighttime slot, likely reflecting the substantial import dependency and tight supply conditions across the interconnected European market. Renewable share sits at 39.4%, carried almost entirely by onshore wind and biomass, a reasonable overnight figure but insufficient to displace the heavy baseload commitment from lignite and hard coal totalling 12.0 GW.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a starlit vault of black, the brown towers breathe their ancient carbon song while turbines turn like pale sentinels on the wind. Germany imports the missing fire, and the market's price burns hot in the dark.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 20%
Wind offshore 2%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 30%
39%
Renewable share
6.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
28.9 GW
Total generation
14.5 GW
Net import
139.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.4°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
4.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
426
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.5 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 black night sky, lit from below by amber sodium lamps; onshore wind 5.8 GW occupies the centre-right as a line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, blades turning slowly, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the darkness; natural gas 5.4 GW appears centre-left as compact CCGT units with twin exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by industrial floodlights; hard coal 3.5 GW sits behind the lignite plant as a smaller conventional power station with a single large smokestack and conveyor belt, glowing under orange security lighting; biomass 3.8 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a timber-framed fuel storage hall and a modest chimney, warmly lit; hydro 1.2 GW appears in the far right as a small concrete dam with water cascading, caught by a single floodlight; offshore wind 0.6 GW is barely visible as tiny red lights on the far horizon line. The sky is completely black with pinpoint stars visible through a nearly cloudless 4% cover, no moon glow, no twilight — pure deep night. The landscape is a gently rolling central German plain with summer-green grass and deciduous trees in full leaf, visible only where artificial light spills. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, conveying the tension of a high-price hour. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark palette of Prussian blue, burnt sienna, and lamp black, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro from artificial lighting, atmospheric depth with distant industrial haze. Meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 10 July 2026, 02:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-10T00:20 UTC · Download image