Grid Poet — 18 July 2026, 20:00
Wind dominates at 22.5 GW but fading solar and strong evening demand drive 9.1 GW net imports and elevated prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 20:00 on a summer evening, German demand stands at 49.8 GW against 40.7 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 9.1 GW of net imports. Wind contributes a combined 22.5 GW (onshore 16.5, offshore 6.0), forming the backbone of supply, while solar has faded to 2.1 GW as the sun sets under heavy cloud cover. Brown coal maintains a steady 6.0 GW baseload, with natural gas at 3.6 GW and biomass at 4.2 GW providing additional dispatchable capacity. The day-ahead price of 132.2 EUR/MWh reflects the tightened supply-demand balance during the evening peak, a routine summer-evening pattern when solar output drops while consumption remains elevated.
Grid poem Claude AI
The turbines churn against a darkening July sky, their pale arms harvesting what the dying sun can no longer give. Beneath them, lignite's ancient breath rises in white columns, paying the toll that twilight always demands.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 41%
Wind offshore 15%
Solar 5%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 15%
73%
Renewable share
22.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.1 GW
Solar
40.7 GW
Total generation
9.1 GW
Net import
132.2 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.9°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
82.0% / 56.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
188
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 16.5 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling green hills into the distance, blades visibly turning in moderate wind; wind offshore 6.0 GW appears as a distant line of turbines on the far-right horizon above a dark river or estuary; brown coal 6.0 GW occupies the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, lit from below by amber sodium lights of an industrial complex; biomass 4.2 GW sits left-center as a mid-sized power plant with a rectangular building, wood-chip conveyors, and a single smokestack with faint exhaust; natural gas 3.6 GW appears center-left as a compact CCGT facility with sleek exhaust stacks and visible heat shimmer; solar 2.1 GW is shown as a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the center-foreground, their surfaces dark and unreflective under overcast sky; hydro 1.1 GW is a small concrete dam with spillway visible in a valley at center-right; hard coal 1.2 GW is a modest coal plant with a single stack near the brown coal complex. The sky is a summer night at 20:00 in Berlin — the last trace of deep orange-red twilight clings to the very lowest horizon on the left, but the sky above is already deep navy-blue darkening to near-black at the zenith, no direct sunlight anywhere. Cloud cover at 82% fills most of the sky with heavy, layered grey-blue clouds partially obscuring emerging stars. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive reflecting the high electricity price. Temperature is mild at 19.9°C; lush mid-summer green vegetation covers the hills, deciduous trees in full leaf. Foreground grasses sway gently in moderate wind. Industrial facilities glow with warm sodium-yellow and white artificial lighting. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, deep color palette emphasizing navy, amber, and grey-green tones, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric perspective creating depth across the panorama, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and panel frame. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 18 July 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-18T18:20 UTC · Download image