Grid Poet — 7 August 2026, 02:00
Wind leads at 14.7 GW with brown coal and gas backstopping; 8.3 GW net imports cover the overnight gap.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 02:00 on a clear summer night, German consumption sits at 41.3 GW against 33.0 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 8.3 GW of net imports. Wind provides the backbone of overnight supply with 14.7 GW combined onshore and offshore, while brown coal contributes a substantial 6.1 GW baseload and natural gas adds 4.5 GW of mid-merit dispatch. The day-ahead price of 131.1 EUR/MWh is elevated for a nighttime hour, reflecting the significant import dependency and the cost of dispatching thermal units alongside cross-border procurement to cover the gap. Renewables still account for 60.2% of generation, a respectable share driven entirely by wind and legacy biomass/hydro in the absence of any solar contribution.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a vault of starless black the turbines turn their tireless arcs, while coal fires burn in ancient towers to bridge the gulf of midnight hours. The grid reaches across borders in the dark, drawing foreign current like a breath drawn sharp.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 31%
Wind offshore 13%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 19%
60%
Renewable share
14.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
33.0 GW
Total generation
8.3 GW
Net import
131.1 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.1°C / 6 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
276
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 10.3 GW dominates the right half of the canvas as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling dark hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 4.4 GW appears in the far-right background as a cluster of turbines standing in a barely visible dark sea on the horizon. Brown coal 6.1 GW occupies the left foreground as massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting. Natural gas 4.5 GW fills the left-center as a compact CCGT power station with twin exhaust stacks releasing thin vapour, lit by harsh white floodlights. Hard coal 2.5 GW appears as a smaller coal plant behind the gas facility with a single blocky chimney and conveyor belts. Biomass 3.8 GW is rendered center-right as a cluster of medium-sized industrial buildings with low cylindrical storage silos and a modest smokestack. Hydro 1.5 GW is suggested by a small dam structure in a valley in the mid-ground with a faint spillway gleam. The scene is set at 2 AM on a clear August night: the sky is completely black and starry with zero cloud cover, no twilight glow whatsoever, deep navy-to-black firmament. The landscape is dark except for artificial light — amber and white sodium streetlights line a road, windows of distant houses glow faintly, and the industrial facilities cast pools of harsh light onto the surrounding terrain. Green summer vegetation is barely discernible in the darkness. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, reflecting high electricity prices — a subtle haze hugs the ground near the thermal plants. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated colour in the artificial lights contrasting deep shadow, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth receding into darkness, meticulous engineering detail on turbine nacelles, cooling tower ribbing, and gas plant piping. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 7 August 2026, 02:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-07T00:20 UTC · Download image