Grid Poet — 7 August 2026, 22:00
Brown coal, gas, and wind lead domestic generation while 18 GW of net imports cover a nighttime supply gap.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 22:00 on a clear August evening, German consumption stands at 46.4 GW against domestic generation of only 28.4 GW, requiring approximately 18.0 GW of net imports. With solar unavailable at this hour, renewables contribute 39.6% of generation, led by 5.0 GW onshore wind and 4.3 GW biomass. Thermal plants carry the bulk of domestic supply: brown coal at 8.0 GW, natural gas at 5.6 GW, and hard coal at 3.6 GW. The day-ahead price of 178.1 EUR/MWh reflects the tight domestic supply-demand balance and the cost of securing substantial cross-border imports during evening peak hours.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a starlit vault of black, the furnaces of lignite glow like ancient hearts refusing rest, their steam ascending where the wind dares only whisper. The grid stretches its copper veins across borders, drawing distant power to feed a nation's sleepless appetite.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 18%
Wind offshore 2%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 28%
40%
Renewable share
5.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
28.4 GW
Total generation
18.0 GW
Net import
178.1 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.7°C / 10 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
421
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a sprawling lignite complex with four massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by amber industrial floodlights; natural gas 5.6 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer against the night sky; onshore wind 5.0 GW spans the centre-right as a line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking, blades turning slowly in light wind; hard coal 3.6 GW appears centre as a single large coal-fired station with a rectangular stack and conveyor belt infrastructure under harsh white security lighting; biomass 4.3 GW sits to the right as several medium-scale industrial facilities with rounded digesters and small chimneys emitting faint vapour; hydro 1.3 GW appears in the far right background as a concrete dam with water cascading, subtly lit; offshore wind 0.7 GW is a faint cluster of turbine silhouettes barely visible on the far horizon line. The sky is completely dark, deep black-navy, cloudless, scattered with bright stars and a faint Milky Way band — it is 22:00 in August, fully nighttime with zero twilight. The landscape is a gently rolling central German terrain with summer-green meadows and scattered deciduous trees visible only where artificial light falls. Sodium-orange streetlights line a distant road. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, hinting at the high electricity price — a thick, warm summer night with still air. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich, rich deep colours with visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial installations and the vast dark sky, atmospheric depth receding into darkness, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 7 August 2026, 22:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-07T20:20 UTC · Download image