Grid Poet — 30 July 2026, 22:00
Brown coal and gas dominate nighttime generation as 14.8 GW net imports fill the gap at high prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 22:00 on a warm summer night, German consumption stands at 50.8 GW against 36.0 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 14.8 GW of net imports. Brown coal leads generation at 10.5 GW, followed by wind at a combined 9.3 GW onshore and offshore, with natural gas at 6.8 GW and hard coal at 4.1 GW providing additional baseload and mid-merit support. The day-ahead price of 190.3 EUR/MWh is elevated, consistent with the substantial import requirement and heavy reliance on thermal units during a period of zero solar output and moderate wind. Renewables contribute 40.4% of domestic generation, carried entirely by wind, biomass, and hydro in the absence of solar.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a starless vault the furnaces breathe deep, their coal-fed embers bridging the chasm between what the land yields and what the cities keep. The turbines turn in tepid darkness, but their whispered watts cannot outrun the hunger of a nation still awake.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 22%
Wind offshore 4%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 29%
40%
Renewable share
9.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
36.0 GW
Total generation
14.8 GW
Net import
190.3 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
22.1°C / 7 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
419
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick white steam plumes into the black sky; natural gas 6.8 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by orange sodium floodlights; wind onshore 7.8 GW spans the centre-right as a dozen three-blade turbines on lattice towers slowly rotating on a gentle breeze across dark rolling hills; wind offshore 1.5 GW appears in the far right background as a small cluster of turbines with red aviation warning lights blinking above a barely visible dark sea horizon; hard coal 4.1 GW sits behind the brown coal complex as a smaller conventional plant with a single squat cooling tower and a prominent smokestack; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip conveyor and a modest chimney glowing warmly, positioned between the gas and wind sections; hydro 1.1 GW appears as a small concrete dam and spillway at the far right foreground with water reflecting artificial light. The sky is completely black with no twilight or glow, a deep navy-to-black canopy with faint stars partially obscured by industrial haze; the atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price. Warm summer air is suggested by lush green deciduous trees visible under floodlighting, leaves barely stirring in the 6.9 km/h breeze. Sodium streetlights cast amber pools along an access road connecting the facilities. Transmission pylons with sagging high-voltage lines cross the middle distance, connecting generation to the grid. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour palette of deep blacks, burnt umbers, amber industrial glow and cool steel blues; visible expressive brushwork; atmospheric depth with haze layering foreground detail against distant silhouettes; meticulous engineering accuracy in turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, cooling tower parabolic profiles, CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 30 July 2026, 22:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-07-30T20:20 UTC · Download image