Grid Poet — 14 July 2026, 06:00
Brown coal, onshore wind, and gas dominate as heavy cloud and imports cover a 14.7 GW generation shortfall.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 06:00 on a heavily overcast July morning, domestic generation of 37.4 GW falls well short of 52.1 GW consumption, implying a net import of approximately 14.7 GW. Wind onshore leads renewables at 10.7 GW but offshore contributes only 1.6 GW, and solar is limited to 3.1 GW as dense cloud cover blocks direct irradiation at this early hour. Brown coal at 8.3 GW, hard coal at 4.0 GW, and natural gas at 5.0 GW are all dispatched at substantial levels, reflecting the high residual load of 14.7 GW and a day-ahead price of 145.8 EUR/MWh — elevated but consistent with a morning ramp under weak renewable output and significant import dependency. Biomass at 3.6 GW and hydro at 1.1 GW provide steady baseload contributions.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a leaden summer dawn the turbines turn in half-light, while brown coal's ancient furnaces breathe towers of white against a sky that refuses the sun. The grid reaches across borders with open hands, drawing power from distant lands to feed a nation stirring awake.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 29%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 8%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 22%
54%
Renewable share
12.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
3.1 GW
Solar
37.4 GW
Total generation
14.7 GW
Net import
145.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.0°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
87.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
327
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.3 GW dominates the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into heavy overcast; wind onshore 10.7 GW spans the right third as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers dotting rolling green hills, blades turning slowly in light 7 km/h winds; natural gas 5.0 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 4.0 GW sits centre-right as a coal-fired station with rectangular mechanical-draft cooling towers and conveyor belts; biomass 3.6 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-chip plant with a modest smokestack and timber storage yard in the middle ground; solar 3.1 GW appears as a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the foreground, their surfaces dull and reflecting only grey sky, no sunshine; hydro 1.1 GW is a small run-of-river weir with a concrete powerhouse visible along a river in the lower right; wind offshore 1.6 GW appears as a handful of distant turbines barely visible on the far horizon line. The sky is deep blue-grey pre-dawn light at 06:00 in July — no direct sun, no warm colours, only the faintest pale luminescence along the eastern horizon beneath an 87% overcast ceiling of low stratus clouds creating a heavy, oppressive atmosphere reflecting the 145.8 EUR/MWh price. The landscape is lush mid-summer German countryside at 18°C, damp meadows, dark deciduous trees in full leaf. High-voltage transmission lines cross the scene, referencing the large import flows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich tonal depth, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric perspective with industrial haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and panel frame. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 14 July 2026, 06:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-14T04:20 UTC · Download image