Grid Poet — 29 July 2026, 20:00
Brown coal and gas lead a 33.1 GW domestic stack against 55.7 GW demand, requiring large net imports on a hot evening.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 20:00 on a hot summer evening, German domestic generation of 33.1 GW falls well short of 55.7 GW consumption, requiring approximately 22.6 GW of net imports. Brown coal leads the generation stack at 10.5 GW, followed by natural gas at 7.1 GW, with biomass contributing a steady 4.2 GW. Solar output has dropped to 1.8 GW as the sun sets, while combined wind generation stands at just 4.6 GW under light winds. The day-ahead price of 263.6 EUR/MWh reflects the tight domestic supply-demand balance and heavy reliance on thermal generation and imports during a period of sustained high temperatures driving cooling demand.
Grid poem Claude AI
The furnaces of lignite glow beneath a starless vault, breathing heat into a land already scorched by summer's unrelenting hand. A continent of wires hums with borrowed power, threading distant generation through the darkening hour.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 12%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 5%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 32%
35%
Renewable share
4.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
1.8 GW
Solar
33.1 GW
Total generation
22.6 GW
Net import
263.6 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
31.8°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
0.0% / 120.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
453
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the dark sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 7.1 GW occupies the center-left as compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks emitting heat shimmer, illuminated by industrial floodlights; biomass 4.2 GW appears center-right as a set of smaller industrial boiler buildings with wood-chip conveyors and modest chimneys, warmly lit by amber facility lighting; hard coal 3.9 GW sits behind the brown coal as additional large smokestacks with visible emissions, dimly glowing; wind onshore 3.9 GW is represented by a modest row of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge to the far right, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky, blades turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 0.7 GW appears as a tiny cluster of turbines on a far horizon line; solar 1.8 GW is depicted as a field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the foreground catching the last faint amber reflection of a sun already below the horizon; hydro 1.1 GW appears as a small dam structure with spillway in the middle distance. The sky is deep navy-black at 20:00 in summer — no twilight glow remains, only artificial light sources illuminate the scene. The atmosphere is heavy, oppressive, and hazy, reflecting extreme heat of 31.8°C with warm air shimmering near the ground. Vegetation is lush midsummer green but wilted and dry at the edges. The overall mood is dense and sultry. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro from industrial lighting against the dark sky, atmospheric depth with haze layers, meticulous engineering accuracy on all turbine nacelles, cooling tower geometries, and panel frames. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 29 July 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-29T18:20 UTC · Download image