Grid Poet — 22 July 2026, 20:00
Strong wind leads at 30 GW but thermal plants and net imports cover evening demand under full overcast.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 20:00 on a summer evening, wind generation dominates the mix at 30.3 GW combined (onshore 24.2 GW, offshore 6.1 GW), while solar has effectively ceased at 1.7 GW under full overcast. Thermal generation remains substantial: brown coal at 7.4 GW, natural gas at 5.0 GW, and hard coal at 3.9 GW collectively provide 16.3 GW of baseload and mid-merit output. Domestic generation of 53.6 GW falls short of 57.7 GW consumption, requiring approximately 4.1 GW of net imports. The day-ahead price of 157 EUR/MWh is elevated for a summer evening, consistent with the need for thermal dispatch and imports to cover the gap as solar fades and evening demand persists under warm but overcast conditions.
Grid poem Claude AI
A hundred blades carve the darkening wind while coal towers exhale their ancient breath into the starless summer night. The grid stretches taut, drawing power from distant borders to feed a nation that will not rest.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 45%
Wind offshore 11%
Solar 3%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 14%
70%
Renewable share
30.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
1.7 GW
Solar
53.6 GW
Total generation
4.0 GW
Net import
157.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.7°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 9.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
213
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 24.2 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles stretching across rolling green hills into the dark distance; wind offshore 6.1 GW appears as a distant line of larger turbines visible on a dark horizon beyond a coastal inlet at far right. Brown coal 7.4 GW occupies the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes, with conveyor belts of dark lignite visible below. Natural gas 5.0 GW sits center-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer. Hard coal 3.9 GW appears as a smaller coal plant behind the gas facility, with a single rectangular stack and coal stockpile. Biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a modest chimney, positioned between the coal complex and the wind turbines. Hydro 1.1 GW appears as a small concrete dam and penstock structure in a valley at center-right. Solar 1.7 GW is barely visible as a small array of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels on a hillside, dark and non-reflective, catching no light. TIME: 20:00 in late July — the sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight glow remaining, no visible sunset colors. All facilities are illuminated by warm sodium-vapor industrial lighting casting orange pools on structures and ground; red aviation warning lights blink atop turbine nacelles and cooling towers. The atmosphere is heavy, oppressive, and humid under total 100% cloud cover — low clouds press down on the scene, faintly lit from below by industrial light. Lush midsummer vegetation — dark green deciduous trees and tall grasses — frames the foreground. Temperature is mild at 18.7°C, a warm damp evening. Wind turbine blades show moderate rotational blur from steady wind. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich deep color, visible expressive brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between artificial light and enveloping darkness, atmospheric depth and haze, but meticulous technical accuracy in rendering each energy technology's engineering details. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 22 July 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-22T18:21 UTC · Download image