Grid Poet — 2 August 2026, 00:00
Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate overnight generation while large net imports cover a 14.2 GW domestic shortfall.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At midnight on a warm August night, German consumption sits at 40.4 GW against 26.2 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 14.2 GW of net imports. Brown coal leads the dispatch stack at 7.7 GW, followed by wind at 5.5 GW combined (4.5 onshore, 1.0 offshore), natural gas at 4.4 GW, biomass at 4.1 GW, and hard coal at 3.5 GW. The day-ahead price of 169.6 EUR/MWh is notably elevated for a nighttime hour, consistent with the large import requirement and heavy reliance on thermal generation to cover residual load of 14.2 GW. Renewable share stands at 40.8%, carried entirely by wind, biomass, and hydro in the absence of any solar contribution.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a shrouded sky the furnaces breathe their ancient fire, brown coal and black coal stoking the hours while turbines turn unseen in the warm summer dark. The grid reaches across borders with open hands, drawing current like breath from distant lungs.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 17%
Wind offshore 4%
Biomass 16%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 29%
41%
Renewable share
5.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
26.2 GW
Total generation
14.2 GW
Net import
169.6 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.7°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
97.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
422
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting; wind onshore 4.5 GW occupies the centre-right as a line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, blades turning moderately in the night breeze, red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles; natural gas 4.4 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT blocks with single tall exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, brightly lit by facility floodlights; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a medium-sized industrial plant with a cylindrical silo and conveyor belt, warmly lit windows glowing amber; hard coal 3.5 GW sits beside the brown coal station as a smaller conventional plant with a single large smokestack and coal bunker; wind offshore 1.0 GW is suggested in the far distance as tiny lit nacelles on the horizon; hydro 1.1 GW appears as a small dam structure with spillway on the far right edge. The sky is completely black to deep navy, no twilight, no moon visible, dense 97% cloud cover obscuring all stars — the atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive reflecting the high electricity price. The summer landscape has lush dark green foliage on trees barely visible in the industrial glow. Warm 17.7°C air produces a slight haze around the cooling tower plumes. Sodium streetlights line a road in the foreground. High-voltage transmission pylons recede into the darkness suggesting the massive imports flowing into the grid. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the orange industrial glow and the black sky, atmospheric depth, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine blade, cooling tower curve, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 2 August 2026, 00:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-01T22:20 UTC · Download image