Grid Poet — 27 July 2026, 00:00
Strong overnight onshore wind at 28.3 GW drives 78% renewable share with 7.3 GW net export despite elevated prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At midnight on 27 July, strong onshore wind generation of 28.3 GW dominates the German grid, supplemented by 5.1 GW offshore wind, yielding a combined 33.4 GW from wind alone. Brown coal contributes a notable 6.7 GW baseload, with biomass at 4.1 GW, natural gas at 2.5 GW, and hard coal at 1.6 GW providing conventional backup. Total generation of 49.4 GW against 42.0 GW consumption produces a net export position of 7.3 GW, yet the day-ahead price of 86 EUR/MWh remains elevated — a somewhat unusual pairing likely reflecting interconnector constraints, forward market dynamics, or high prices in neighbouring bidding zones pulling German exports at premium rates. The 78.1% renewable share is strong for a nighttime hour, driven entirely by wind and hydro/biomass in the absence of any solar contribution.
Grid poem Claude AI
The turbines churn through the summer midnight, their pale arms carving arcs in a windswept darkness that swallows the horizon whole. Beneath cooling towers trailing spectral plumes, lignite embers glow like the stubborn memory of an older, heavier age.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 57%
Wind offshore 10%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 5%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 14%
78%
Renewable share
33.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
49.4 GW
Total generation
+7.3 GW
Net export
86.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.2°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
161
gCO₂/kWh
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Wind onshore 28.3 GW dominates the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with detailed nacelles and lattice towers stretching across rolling hills from the centre to the far right, their rotors visibly turning in moderate wind. Brown coal 6.7 GW occupies the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes that drift across the composition. Wind offshore 5.1 GW appears on the far horizon as a line of turbines standing in a barely visible dark sea. Biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial plant with timber-clad walls, wood-chip conveyors, and a single smokestack with faint exhaust. Natural gas 2.5 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and low horizontal heat-recovery units, positioned between the coal plant and the wind farm. Hard coal 1.6 GW is a smaller power station with a rectangular stack and coal bunkers visible beside rail tracks. Hydro 1.0 GW is a modest dam structure with water cascading, tucked into a valley at the far left edge. The sky is completely dark — a deep navy-to-black summer midnight with no twilight, no sky glow, only a faint scattering of stars partially obscured by 100% cloud cover creating a heavy, oppressive overcast ceiling. All structures are lit by warm sodium-orange industrial lighting, glowing windows, and red aviation warning lights atop turbine nacelles. The landscape is lush midsummer German countryside with dark green deciduous trees barely visible in ambient light. The atmosphere feels heavy and humid at 18.2°C. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich chiaroscuro, dramatic contrast between industrial glow and enveloping darkness, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and haze around the cooling tower plumes, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine blade, tower lattice, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 27 July 2026, 00:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-26T22:20 UTC · Download image