Grid Poet — 25 July 2026, 22:00
Wind and brown coal lead domestic generation while 15.4 GW net imports cover a summer evening supply gap at high prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 22:00 on a warm summer evening, German consumption stands at 44.6 GW against 29.2 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 15.4 GW of net imports. Wind contributes 10.8 GW combined (onshore 6.9 GW, offshore 3.9 GW), while brown coal provides 6.2 GW and natural gas 4.4 GW — thermal plants are running at elevated levels to compensate for zero solar output post-sunset. The day-ahead price of 165.5 EUR/MWh reflects tight supply conditions driven by the import requirement and the marginal cost of gas-fired generation. Despite the renewable share reaching 55.3% of domestic generation, the substantial gap between generation and consumption underscores the continued dependence on cross-border flows during high-demand summer evenings.
Grid poem Claude AI
The sun has fallen and the turbines hum their lonely hymn across the darkened plains, while coal towers exhale pale columns into a starless vault. The grid stretches its arms beyond the borders, drinking power from the night.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 24%
Wind offshore 13%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 15%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 21%
55%
Renewable share
10.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
29.2 GW
Total generation
15.4 GW
Net import
165.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
22.2°C / 1 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
311
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.2 GW occupies the left quarter as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the dark sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps at their bases; wind onshore 6.9 GW fills the centre-right as a long row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling fields, their rotors turning very slowly in near-calm air, with red aviation warning lights blinking on each nacelle; wind offshore 3.9 GW appears in the far right background as a cluster of turbines standing in a dark sea glimpsed between hills; natural gas 4.4 GW is rendered centre-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with single tall exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, brightly lit by industrial floodlights; hard coal 2.5 GW sits adjacent to the brown coal as a smaller conventional power station with a single smokestack and conveyor belt structures, also floodlit; biomass 4.3 GW appears as a medium-sized industrial facility with a rounded dome digester and a squat chimney with a faint warm glow, positioned between the gas plant and the wind turbines; hydro 1.1 GW is a small dam structure with spillway visible in the middle distance, lit by a few white security lights. The sky is completely dark — deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow — with a scattering of stars visible where steam plumes do not obscure them. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price: a slight haze hangs over the landscape, the air thick and warm at 22°C with lush green summer vegetation in the foreground dimly visible under amber streetlight spill. The ground is flat central German terrain with patches of crops and grass. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark palette with deep umbers and Prussian blues, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric chiaroscuro — but with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower shell, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 25 July 2026, 22:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-25T20:20 UTC · Download image