Grid Poet — 16 July 2026, 06:00
Brown coal leads at 10.7 GW as weak wind, early solar, and high demand drive 20.3 GW net imports at elevated prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 06:00 on a mid-July morning, domestic generation of 32.4 GW covers only 61% of the 52.7 GW consumption, requiring approximately 20.3 GW of net imports. Brown coal dominates the domestic mix at 10.7 GW (33% of generation), followed by natural gas at 5.5 GW and hard coal at 4.0 GW, reflecting the low renewable output during this early-morning period. Renewables contribute 12.3 GW (37.9%), with solar just beginning to ramp at 3.1 GW despite partly clear skies—consistent with the low sun angle and 1.0 W/m² direct radiation—while wind output is weak at 4.0 GW combined, matching the near-calm 3.1 km/h surface winds. The day-ahead price of 175.4 EUR/MWh is elevated, driven by the substantial import requirement and heavy reliance on marginal fossil units during this demand period.
Grid poem Claude AI
Brown towers exhale their ancient carbon into the half-lit dawn, while the grid reaches across borders with outstretched copper hands, hungry and unquenched. The wind barely stirs, and the sun has not yet climbed high enough to answer.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 11%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 10%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 33%
38%
Renewable share
4.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
3.1 GW
Solar
32.4 GW
Total generation
20.3 GW
Net import
175.4 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.5°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
35.0% / 1.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
445
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with five hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the pre-dawn sky; natural gas 5.5 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks and thinner, sharper plumes; hard coal 4.0 GW appears centre-right as a large coal-fired station with rectangular boiler houses and a tall chimney trailing dark smoke; biomass 3.7 GW sits to the right as a cluster of smaller industrial buildings with wood-chip conveyor belts and modest stacks; wind onshore 3.5 GW appears as a sparse row of six three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, rotors barely turning in the still air; solar 3.1 GW is rendered as a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the right foreground, catching only the faintest grey-blue pre-dawn glow with no direct sunlight; hydro 1.5 GW appears as a small dam and reservoir visible in a valley in the far background; wind offshore 0.5 GW is a barely visible pair of turbines on a distant hazy horizon line. The sky is deep blue-grey with the first pale light of dawn creeping from the east—no direct sun visible, just a thin band of cold steel-blue luminance along the lower horizon. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, with a thick industrial haze hanging over the landscape reflecting the high electricity price. Temperature is cool at 12.5°C with lush green summer vegetation—tall grass, deciduous trees in full leaf—but dew-dampened and muted in the low light. Scattered clouds at 35% coverage are dimly visible against the lightening eastern sky. The entire scene is rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen—rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and panel frame. The industrial sublime: vast human infrastructure set against the quiet enormity of a summer dawn. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 16 July 2026, 06:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-16T04:20 UTC · Download image