Grid Poet — 14 July 2026, 18:00
Solar and wind lead at 27.7 GW combined, but 12.8 GW net imports are needed to meet hot-evening peak demand.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 18:00 on a hot summer evening, German generation totals 44.6 GW against 57.4 GW consumption, requiring approximately 12.8 GW of net imports. Solar remains strong at 15.4 GW despite the late hour, benefiting from nearly clear skies and high direct radiation at 349 W/m², while combined onshore and offshore wind contributes 12.3 GW. Brown coal at 6.6 GW and hard coal at 2.9 GW together with 2.5 GW of natural gas provide substantial baseload and mid-merit thermal generation, reflecting the sizeable residual load of 12.8 GW. The day-ahead price of 138.3 EUR/MWh is elevated but consistent with a summer evening peak where high cooling-driven demand, declining solar output on the horizon, and significant import dependency converge.
Grid poem Claude AI
The sun descends through copper haze, its last gold pouring over silicon fields while brown coal towers exhale their ancient breath into the wanting sky. Twelve gigawatts cross the borders unseen—phantom rivers of current filling the gap between what the land can give and what the nation demands.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 22%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 35%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 15%
73%
Renewable share
12.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
15.4 GW
Solar
44.6 GW
Total generation
12.8 GW
Net import
138.3 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
27.5°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
9.0% / 349.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
196
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Solar 15.4 GW dominates the right half of the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels stretching across golden summer farmland, angled to catch the low western sun. Wind onshore 9.9 GW fills the centre-right as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, rotors turning slowly in light breeze. Brown coal 6.6 GW occupies the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the sky, adjacent to conveyor belts and lignite bunkers. Biomass 3.7 GW appears as a medium-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and a single smokestack emitting thin pale exhaust, positioned centre-left. Hard coal 2.9 GW shows as a traditional coal power station with a tall brick chimney and coal yard, slightly behind the brown coal complex. Natural gas 2.5 GW is rendered as a compact combined-cycle gas turbine facility with a single polished exhaust stack and visible heat-recovery steam generator, nestled between the coal and biomass plants. Wind offshore 2.4 GW is visible on the far horizon as a line of turbines standing in a hazy sea glimpsed through a gap in the landscape. Hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small dam with cascading water in the far middle distance. The lighting is dusk at 18:00 in July: the sun is still above the horizon but low in the west, casting long warm orange-golden light across the entire landscape, with shadows stretching eastward. The sky is nearly cloudless at 9% cover, a gradient from deep blue overhead to warm amber-peach near the horizon. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive—a thick summer haze shimmers above the fields, reflecting the 27.5°C heat and the high electricity price. Lush green deciduous trees and ripe wheat fields mark midsummer. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting with rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth, and meticulous engineering accuracy for every technology depicted. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 14 July 2026, 18:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-14T16:20 UTC · Download image