Grid Poet — 3 August 2026, 02:00
Wind onshore leads at 16.1 GW; brown coal and fossil baseload fill the gap on a mild summer night.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 02:00 on a summer night, German consumption sits at 38.9 GW with domestic generation covering 38.0 GW, resulting in a net import of approximately 0.9 GW. Wind onshore provides the single largest contribution at 16.1 GW despite modest local wind speeds in central Germany, indicating strong production in northern and coastal regions; combined with offshore wind, biomass, and hydro, renewables reach 59.2% of generation. Brown coal provides a substantial baseload of 8.1 GW, complemented by 3.7 GW each of hard coal and natural gas — a conventional thermal floor typical of overnight hours when flexibility margins narrow. The day-ahead price of 131.9 EUR/MWh is notably elevated for a nighttime slot, likely reflecting tight supply-demand balance, limited interconnector availability, or high gas input costs rather than any system stress event.
Grid poem Claude AI
The turbines hum their ceaseless hymn across the darkened plain, while coal towers breathe their ancient breath to feed the sleeping domain.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 42%
Wind offshore 4%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 21%
59%
Renewable share
17.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.0 GW
Total generation
0.9 GW
Net import
131.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.7°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
26.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
296
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.1 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the black sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; hard coal 3.7 GW appears just right of centre as a pair of smaller coal-fired stacks with conveyor belts and coal heaps faintly illuminated; natural gas 3.7 GW sits beside them as compact CCGT units with single tall exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour, lit by harsh white industrial floodlights; wind onshore 16.1 GW spans the entire right half and background as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching to the horizon, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the darkness, rotors turning slowly; wind offshore 1.5 GW is suggested by a distant line of turbines on the far-right horizon above a faintly reflective river or canal; biomass 3.8 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a cylindrical silo and a single modest smokestack glowing warmly near the centre-left; hydro 1.1 GW is a small weir and powerhouse at the bottom foreground with water rushing through turbines, lit by a single amber lamp. The sky is completely black with a deep navy undertone, no twilight, no moon glow — only scattered stars visible through 26% cloud cover rendered as thin alto-stratus wisps. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price: a faint industrial haze hangs at mid-height, diffusing the sodium and floodlight glow into amber halos. Summer vegetation — full-leafed deciduous trees and tall grass — is barely discernible in silhouette along the edges. The entire composition is rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich, dark palette of indigo, umber, and amber, with visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth receding into darkness, and meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 3 August 2026, 02:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-03T00:20 UTC · Download image