Grid Poet — 13 July 2026, 22:00
Wind leads at 17.7 GW but ~11 GW net imports needed as solar is absent and thermal plants fill the evening gap.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 22:00 on a warm July evening, Germany draws 51.8 GW against 40.6 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 11.2 GW of net imports. Wind contributes 17.7 GW combined (onshore 14.4 GW, offshore 3.3 GW), providing the largest single source, while solar is absent after sunset. Thermal plants are running substantially: brown coal at 8.2 GW, natural gas at 6.1 GW, and hard coal at 3.4 GW, reflecting residual load of 11.1 GW and elevated evening demand sustained by warm temperatures likely driving cooling loads. The day-ahead price of 159.1 EUR/MWh is elevated but consistent with a summer evening where solar is unavailable and thermal generation plus imports must cover the gap.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a lidless sky of cloud and coal-smoke, turbines turn their pale arms through the humid dark, summoning what the vanished sun cannot give. The grid breathes heavy, buying power from distant borders while lignite towers exhale their ancient carbon into the warm, starless night.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 35%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 20%
56%
Renewable share
17.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
40.6 GW
Total generation
11.1 GW
Net import
159.1 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
23.8°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
302
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.2 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the black overcast sky, lit from below by amber sodium lights at their bases; natural gas 6.1 GW occupies the left-centre as three compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, each facility bathed in harsh industrial floodlighting; hard coal 3.4 GW appears centre-left as a smaller coal plant with a rectangular boiler house and conveyor belts visible under yellow work lights; wind onshore 14.4 GW spans the entire right half and background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the pitch-black sky, blades slowly rotating in light wind; wind offshore 3.3 GW is suggested far right as a row of turbines on the distant horizon line over a dark implied sea, tiny red lights in a neat row; biomass 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a modest industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and a single stack, warmly lit; hydro 1.2 GW is a small dam structure in the mid-ground with water faintly reflecting artificial light. The sky is completely dark, 22:00 nighttime, 100% cloud cover blocking all stars and moon, a deep oppressive charcoal-black overcast ceiling pressing down — no twilight, no sky glow, only sodium-orange and white industrial lighting illuminating the facilities from below. The air feels warm and heavy at 23.8°C, with lush green summer vegetation barely visible in the foreground lit by facility spill-light, deciduous trees in full leaf. The overall atmosphere is oppressive and heavy, reflecting the high electricity price. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of deep navy, charcoal, amber, and warm industrial orange — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with haze around the cooling tower plumes, meticulous engineering accuracy on turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, cooling tower parabolic profiles, and CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 13 July 2026, 22:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-13T20:20 UTC · Download image