Grid Poet — 13 July 2026, 02:00
Brown coal and wind dominate overnight generation as Germany imports nearly 12 GW to meet nocturnal demand.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 02:00 on a mild July night, German consumption sits at 39.9 GW against 28.1 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 11.8 GW of net imports. Brown coal leads generation at 7.9 GW, followed by wind at a combined 8.6 GW (6.0 onshore, 2.6 offshore), with natural gas contributing 4.2 GW and hard coal 2.8 GW. The day-ahead price of 120.6 EUR/MWh is elevated for a nighttime hour, reflecting the significant import dependency and firm reliance on thermal baseload to cover the 11.7 GW residual load. Renewables account for 47% of domestic output, a respectable nocturnal share driven entirely by wind and biomass in the absence of any solar contribution.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a moonless vault the brown towers breathe their ancient carbon skyward, while wind turbines trace slow silver arcs against the dark. The grid reaches across borders with open hands, buying the missing gigawatts that summer's sleeping sun cannot provide.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 21%
Wind offshore 9%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 28%
47%
Renewable share
8.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
28.1 GW
Total generation
11.7 GW
Net import
120.6 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.1°C / 9 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
378
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.9 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 sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; wind onshore 6.0 GW occupies the centre-right as a sweeping line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers across rolling dark hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 2.6 GW appears in the far right background as a row of turbines standing in a barely visible dark sea, nacelle lights glowing; natural gas 4.2 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks and faintly glowing heat-shimmer exhaust, surrounded by lit pipe racks; hard coal 2.8 GW appears as a smaller conventional power station with a single large smokestack and conveyor infrastructure behind the gas plant, illuminated by amber work lights; biomass 3.6 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a domed digester tank and a short flue, warm interior light spilling from its windows, positioned between the coal towers and the gas units; hydro 1.0 GW is a small dam structure visible in the lower-right foreground, water catching reflections of distant lights. The sky is completely black with no twilight, no glow on the horizon — a deep July night at 2 AM — with a scattering of stars visible only where steam plumes do not obscure them. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, haze hanging low around the industrial complexes, reflecting the high electricity price. Mild summer vegetation — lush dark green deciduous trees and tall grass — lines the foreground, barely discernible in the ambient industrial light. Light wind stirs the grass gently. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich dark tones, visible confident brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between artificial light sources and deep shadow, atmospheric depth created by layered haze and steam, yet with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 13 July 2026, 02:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-13T00:20 UTC · Download image