Grid Poet — 11 July 2026, 20:00
Evening import dependency as solar fades: brown coal, wind, and biomass anchor 28.3 GW against 47.1 GW demand.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 20:00 on a warm July evening, German generation totals 28.3 GW against 47.1 GW consumption, requiring approximately 18.8 GW of net imports. Solar output has declined to 2.9 GW as the sun sets, while onshore and offshore wind contribute a combined 9.1 GW. Thermal baseload remains significant, with brown coal at 5.6 GW, natural gas at 3.3 GW, and hard coal at 2.1 GW supporting the evening demand plateau. The day-ahead price of 151.8 EUR/MWh reflects the tight domestic supply-demand balance and heavy reliance on imports and dispatchable thermal generation during the post-sunset transition.
Grid poem Claude AI
The sun retreats beneath the linden canopy, and coal furnaces breathe their ancient carbon hymn into the violet dusk. Wind still murmurs across the darkening plain, but the grid reaches outward, drawing power from distant lands to feed the evening's hunger.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 28%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 10%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 20%
61%
Renewable share
9.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.9 GW
Solar
28.3 GW
Total generation
18.8 GW
Net import
151.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
25.7°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 154.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
276
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 5.6 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into a dark summer sky, their concrete shells lit from below by orange sodium lamps; wind onshore 7.9 GW spans the centre-right as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, rotors turning at moderate speed, aviation warning lights blinking red at their nacelles; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a medium-sized industrial plant with a tall chimney and wood-chip storage silos, warmly lit from within; natural gas 3.3 GW is rendered as two compact CCGT units with single tall exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, situated centre-left; solar 2.9 GW appears as a field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-ground, their surfaces dark and barely reflective in the fading light, catching the last faint ruddy glow near the horizon; hard coal 2.1 GW is a smaller coal-fired station with a single large smokestack and conveyor belt, its structure illuminated by industrial floodlights; wind offshore 1.2 GW is suggested by distant turbines on the far horizon line; hydro 1.2 GW appears as a small dam structure with water cascading, lit by a single floodlight. The sky is a deep navy-black, fully dark with no twilight remaining — it is 20:00 in midsummer Berlin, the last trace of dusk has faded to a thin amber-red line at the extreme western horizon. Stars are beginning to emerge overhead. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — a warm haze hangs over the industrial structures. Lush green summer vegetation — tall grasses, mature deciduous trees in full leaf — surrounds the facilities, responding to the 25.7°C warmth. Sodium streetlights cast amber pools along access roads. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower rib, and panel frame — the scene feels monumental, a masterwork industrial nocturne. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 11 July 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-11T18:20 UTC · Download image