Grid Poet — 13 July 2026, 04:00
Brown coal and wind lead overnight generation as Germany imports 15 GW to meet 41 GW demand.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 04:00 on a clear summer night, Germany's grid draws 41.1 GW against 26.1 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 15.0 GW of net imports. Brown coal provides the largest single contribution at 7.7 GW, followed by wind (7.1 GW combined onshore and offshore) and natural gas at 4.0 GW. The day-ahead price of 123.5 EUR/MWh is elevated for a nighttime hour, reflecting tight domestic supply margins and the heavy reliance on thermal and imported power to cover baseload demand. Renewables contribute 44.7% of domestic generation, sustained entirely by wind and hydro/biomass in the absence of any solar output.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a starless vault the coal fires breathe their ancient carbon upward, while distant rotors carve the dark—a nation borrowing power from its neighbors to dream until the dawn. The price of night is written in imported megawatts and smoldering lignite seams.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 19%
Wind offshore 8%
Solar 0%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 29%
45%
Renewable share
7.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
26.1 GW
Total generation
15.0 GW
Net import
123.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.6°C / 8 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
396
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes, lit from below by harsh sodium-orange industrial floodlights. Wind onshore 5.0 GW occupies the centre-right as a line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling farmland, their red aviation warning lights blinking. Wind offshore 2.1 GW appears in the far right background as a cluster of turbines standing in a dark sea, barely visible except for their flashing beacons. Natural gas 4.0 GW sits centre-left as two compact CCGT units with slender exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer, illuminated by white facility lights. Hard coal 2.8 GW appears behind the brown coal complex as a smaller conventional power station with a single large smokestack and coal conveyor belt faintly lit. Biomass 3.6 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a cylindrical silo and low rectangular boiler building, warm light spilling from its windows, positioned in the centre. Hydro 1.0 GW appears as a small concrete dam structure in the middle distance with water gleaming faintly. The sky is completely black—no twilight, no moon glow—a deep navy-black vault with scattered stars visible through the clear atmosphere. The air feels oppressive and heavy despite the clear sky, conveying the tension of high electricity prices. The landscape is lush midsummer German countryside—dark silhouettes of deciduous trees in full leaf, fields of grain barely discernible. A light breeze of 8 km/h gently stirs grass in the foreground. No solar panels anywhere. All illumination comes from artificial sources: sodium streetlights along a distant road, glowing industrial windows, floodlit facility grounds casting orange and white pools of light. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich, with rich dark tones, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between industrial light and surrounding darkness, atmospheric depth receding into the black horizon, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 13 July 2026, 04:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-13T02:20 UTC · Download image