Grid Poet — 14 July 2026, 20:00
Wind and brown coal anchor domestic supply while 20.5 GW net imports fill a steep evening demand gap.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 20:00 on a warm July evening, German generation totals 36.5 GW against 57.0 GW consumption, leaving a net import requirement of approximately 20.5 GW. Solar output has dropped to 2.1 GW as the sun sets, while wind contributes a combined 12.3 GW onshore and offshore, keeping the renewable share at 53.7%. Brown coal at 8.2 GW and natural gas at 5.4 GW anchor the thermal fleet, supplemented by 3.3 GW of hard coal — a standard evening dispatch pattern as solar fades and demand remains elevated through the summer evening peak. The day-ahead price of 182.5 EUR/MWh reflects the significant import dependency and high thermal dispatch required to bridge the generation shortfall.
Grid poem Claude AI
The sun retreats behind the Harz, and turbines hum where twilight barely reaches — coal fires glow through the long dusk, feeding a grid that hungers still for distant power. Across borders, electrons stream like rivers seeking the sea, drawn by the gravity of 57 gigawatts of summer appetite.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 26%
Wind offshore 8%
Solar 6%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 23%
54%
Renewable share
12.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.1 GW
Solar
36.5 GW
Total generation
20.4 GW
Net import
182.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
24.2°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
20.0% / 118.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
325
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.2 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the darkening sky; wind onshore 9.4 GW spans the centre-right as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling green hills, blades turning moderately in light wind; natural gas 5.4 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 3.3 GW sits beside the lignite station as a smaller coal plant with a single square cooling tower and conveyor belts; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a cluster of industrial biogas facilities with cylindrical digesters and small chimneys glowing with internal warmth; wind offshore 2.9 GW is visible in the far distance as a row of turbines on the horizon line above a faint strip of sea; solar 2.1 GW appears as a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the foreground, their surfaces dark and unreflective in the fading light; hydro 1.2 GW is a small concrete dam structure with water spilling, nestled in a valley at far right. The sky is post-sunset summer dusk at 20:00 in central Germany — the upper sky is deep navy-blue trending toward black, with only a thin band of residual amber-orange glow clinging to the western horizon; the atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting high electricity prices. Warm summer vegetation — lush green deciduous trees in full leaf, tall grass — covers the hillsides. Scattered sodium streetlights and lit industrial windows begin to glow. A few high-voltage transmission pylons with glowing insulators cross the middle ground, symbolizing import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour palette of deep blues, warm ambers, industrial greys and greens — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro lighting, meticulous engineering detail on every technology. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 14 July 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-14T18:20 UTC · Download image