Grid Poet — 9 August 2026, 04:00
Wind onshore and brown coal dominate overnight generation as net imports of 4.3 GW bridge the consumption gap.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 04:00 on a summer night, German consumption sits at 35.0 GW with domestic generation covering 30.7 GW, resulting in approximately 4.3 GW of net imports. Wind onshore provides the largest single contribution at 12.9 GW despite calm conditions at ground level in central Germany, suggesting stronger winds in northern and coastal regions. Brown coal supplies a substantial 7.8 GW baseload, complemented by 2.3 GW hard coal and 2.0 GW natural gas, keeping the fossil thermal fleet at roughly 39% of generation. The day-ahead price of 134 EUR/MWh is elevated for a nighttime hour, consistent with the need for net imports and significant thermal dispatch to meet residual load of 4.3 GW after renewables.
Grid poem Claude AI
The turbines hum unseen across the sleeping plain, while ancient lignite fires burn their stubborn amber veins beneath a moonless vault. Germany draws breath from distant winds and smoldering earth, its dark hours bridged by coal-smoke and imported current.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 42%
Wind offshore 4%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 6%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 25%
61%
Renewable share
14.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.7 GW
Total generation
4.3 GW
Net import
134.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.1°C / 2 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
296
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 12.9 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of three-blade turbines with lattice towers stretching across rolling dark fields, their red aviation warning lights blinking; brown coal 7.8 GW occupies the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting; hard coal 2.3 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired power station with a single tall chimney and conveyor infrastructure, positioned center-left; natural gas 2.0 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a single sleek exhaust stack and a modest steam plume, tucked between the coal facilities; biomass 3.6 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial building with a wood-chip storage dome and a gently glowing smokestack near the center; hydro 1.0 GW is suggested by a small dam structure with spillway at the far left edge near a river; wind offshore 1.1 GW is hinted at by a few distant turbines on the far-right horizon over a barely visible sea line. The time is 4:00 AM in August: the sky is completely black, a deep velvet navy-black with no twilight glow whatsoever, stars faintly visible through perfectly clear skies with zero cloud cover. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, reflecting a high electricity price — a subtle haze of industrial steam and warm exhaust hangs low over the facilities. Temperature is mild at 13°C, summer vegetation is lush but rendered in dark silhouettes — tall grasses, deciduous trees in full leaf. Ground-level air is still, no motion blur on vegetation. All illumination comes from artificial sources: sodium streetlights casting amber pools, floodlights on cooling towers, blinking red lights on turbine nacelles, glowing control-room windows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich's sense of sublime scale merged with industrial realism — rich deep color palette of indigo, amber, and charcoal, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with layers of industrial haze receding into darkness. Meticulous engineering detail on every technology: turbine nacelles with three-blade rotors, aluminium service platforms on cooling towers, piping on CCGT units. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 9 August 2026, 04:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-09T02:20 UTC · Download image