Grid Poet — 28 July 2026, 20:00
Lignite, gas, and coal dominate as weak wind and fading solar drive heavy imports and high prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
Germany's grid at 20:00 on a warm summer evening shows total domestic generation of 31.5 GW against consumption of 55.0 GW, requiring approximately 23.5 GW of net imports. Lignite leads generation at 9.2 GW, followed by natural gas at 5.8 GW and hard coal at 5.0 GW, reflecting the post-sunset loss of solar output and weak wind conditions across the country. Renewables contribute 11.4 GW combined for a 36.6% share, with biomass providing the largest renewable component at 4.2 GW and wind collectively at 4.4 GW. The day-ahead price of 216.8 EUR/MWh is elevated, consistent with high thermal dispatch, substantial import dependency, and residual summer evening demand including cooling loads at 24.9 °C.
Grid poem Claude AI
The sun has fled and turbines barely whisper, leaving lignite's ancient furnaces to shoulder the gathering dark. Across borders, rivers of electrons pour inward as the price of twilight climbs ever higher.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 6%
Wind offshore 8%
Solar 6%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 16%
Brown coal 29%
37%
Renewable share
4.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
1.8 GW
Solar
31.5 GW
Total generation
23.5 GW
Net import
216.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
24.9°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
6.0% / 121.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
449
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.2 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite complex with three hyperbolic cooling towers billowing thick white steam into the night sky, their concrete surfaces lit by amber sodium lamps; natural gas 5.8 GW occupies the center-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall slender exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by harsh industrial floodlights; hard coal 5.0 GW sits center-right as a traditional coal plant with rectangular boiler house, conveyor belts, and a single large smokestack with a faint grey plume; biomass 4.2 GW appears as a cluster of medium-scale wood-chip-fired generating units with stacked timber storage yards illuminated by yellow work lights; wind onshore 2.0 GW shows as a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their red aviation warning lights blinking faintly, rotors turning very slowly in light air; wind offshore 2.4 GW is suggested by a row of turbines far on the horizon over a dark sea glimpsed through a gap in the terrain; solar 1.8 GW appears as a field of aluminium-framed crystalline PV panels in the near foreground, dark and inert, reflecting only the amber glow of nearby streetlights; hydro 1.0 GW is a small dam structure at the far right with water cascading under floodlight. The sky is fully dark, deep navy-black, no twilight glow, no sunset colors — it is 20:00 in high summer but fully night-dark; stars are barely visible through a heavy, oppressive haze suggesting the extreme electricity price. Warm summer vegetation — full green deciduous trees and tall grass — lines the middleground. The atmosphere feels weighty and industrial, thick warm air hanging over the landscape. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting with rich, dark tonal palette, visible confident brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro from artificial lighting against the black sky, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and smokestack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 28 July 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-28T18:20 UTC · Download image