Grid Poet — 26 July 2026, 20:00
Strong onshore wind and brown coal anchor a generation mix requiring 16.2 GW net imports under overcast summer evening skies.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 20:00 on a summer evening, German domestic generation totals 32.9 GW against consumption of 49.1 GW, requiring approximately 16.2 GW of net imports. Wind onshore at 16.2 GW is the dominant source, complemented by 2.0 GW offshore, while solar has effectively ceased at 1.3 GW under full cloud cover at this late hour. Brown coal contributes a notable 5.3 GW and biomass 4.3 GW, providing baseload support as thermal plants respond to the substantial residual load. The day-ahead price of 151.7 EUR/MWh reflects the tight supply-demand balance and the heavy reliance on imports and marginal thermal generation to meet evening demand.
Grid poem Claude AI
The turbines churn beneath a sunless, leaden sky, their blades clawing power from the restless dark while ancient lignite fires glow stubbornly below, feeding the hungry grid its nightly toll. Across the borders, invisible rivers of current pour inward, summoned by a price that speaks of scarcity and distance.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 49%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 4%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 16%
75%
Renewable share
18.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
1.3 GW
Solar
32.9 GW
Total generation
16.2 GW
Net import
151.7 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
20.5°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 14.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
183
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 16.2 GW dominates the right half and background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling green hills, rotors spinning briskly in moderate wind; brown coal 5.3 GW occupies the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick steam plumes, lit from below by amber industrial lighting; biomass 4.3 GW appears as a mid-ground combined heat and power facility with cylindrical wood-chip silos and a modest stack with faint exhaust; wind offshore 2.0 GW is visible as a distant row of turbines on the far horizon line; natural gas 1.9 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and a faint heat shimmer, positioned centre-left; solar 1.3 GW appears as a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-ground, dark and inactive, reflecting no light; hard coal 1.0 GW shows as a smaller coal plant with a single square cooling tower near the lignite complex; hydro 1.0 GW is suggested by a concrete dam structure with water spillway at the far left edge. TIME OF DAY: 20:00 in late July in Germany — the sky is deep navy to black, no twilight glow remains, full darkness settling; 100% cloud cover means no stars, a heavy oppressive overcast ceiling pressing down. All structures are illuminated only by sodium-orange streetlights, industrial floodlights, and glowing control-room windows. The summer vegetation is lush — dark green deciduous trees and tall grass, barely visible in the artificial light. The atmosphere feels heavy and close at 20.5°C, humid summer air. The high electricity price of 151.7 EUR/MWh is conveyed through a brooding, oppressive mood — thick low clouds, dense steam merging with overcast, a sense of industrial strain. 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 dark colour palette dominated by deep blues, warm ambers, and cool greys, visible expressive brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro from artificial light sources against the dark sky, atmospheric depth with haze and steam, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and industrial structure. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 26 July 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-26T18:20 UTC · Download image