Grid Poet — 12 July 2026, 02:00
Wind leads at 10.9 GW with brown coal at 5.8 GW; 11.2 GW net imports fill the nighttime gap.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 02:00 on a clear summer night, German consumption sits at 38.3 GW against 27.1 GW domestic generation, requiring approximately 11.2 GW of net imports. Wind contributes 10.9 GW combined (onshore 8.4, offshore 2.5), forming the largest generation block, while brown coal provides a substantial 5.8 GW baseload tranche and natural gas adds 3.7 GW of flexible capacity. The day-ahead price of 125.6 EUR/MWh is elevated for a nighttime hour, reflecting the significant import dependency and the marginal cost of thermal units dispatched to meet residual load. Renewable share reaches 57.4%, a respectable figure for a zero-solar hour, underpinned by moderate but steady onshore wind conditions.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a starlit vault where no sun dares tread, the cooling towers breathe their ancient coal-fed breath while pale turbine blades carve wind into light. The grid drinks deep from distant borders, its hunger outpacing the offerings of the night.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 31%
Wind offshore 9%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 21%
57%
Renewable share
10.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
27.1 GW
Total generation
11.2 GW
Net import
125.6 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.6°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
299
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 8.4 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of three-blade wind turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles arrayed across dark rolling hills, their aviation warning lights blinking red; wind offshore 2.5 GW appears in the far right distance as a cluster of offshore turbines on the horizon beyond a faintly visible coastline. Brown coal 5.8 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by amber sodium lights. Natural gas 3.7 GW sits left-of-centre as a compact CCGT plant with twin exhaust stacks and a glowing turbine hall behind chain-link fencing. Biomass 3.6 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a squat chimney and wood-chip storage dome, warmly lit. Hard coal 2.1 GW is rendered as a smaller coal plant with a single tall stack and conveyor belt, positioned behind the gas facility. Hydro 1.1 GW is suggested by a concrete dam spillway in the left foreground with water gleaming under floodlights. The sky is completely black with a deep navy tone, cloudless, filled with sharp stars and a crescent moon — no twilight, no sky glow, pure 2 AM darkness. The air is mild with lush midsummer vegetation — full leafy trees, tall grass — rendered in deep greens visible only where artificial light falls. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, conveying the high electricity price: a subtle amber-brown industrial haze hangs low, sodium streetlights cast pools of orange on access roads, and the cooling tower steam creates a brooding, monumental presence. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the deep night sky and the industrial glow, atmospheric depth receding into darkness, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 12 July 2026, 02:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-12T00:20 UTC · Download image