Grid Poet — 11 August 2026, 04:00
Wind leads at 17.9 GW but brown coal and gas fill the nighttime gap as Germany imports 4.8 GW.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 04:00 on a mid-August night, German demand sits at 42.6 GW against 37.8 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 4.8 GW of net imports. Wind contributes strongly at 17.9 GW combined (onshore 12.7 GW, offshore 5.2 GW), keeping the renewable share at 60.1% despite zero solar output. Brown coal provides a substantial 8.2 GW baseload, supplemented by 3.9 GW of natural gas and 2.9 GW of hard coal, reflecting typical overnight thermal dispatch. The day-ahead price of 129.9 EUR/MWh is elevated for a nighttime hour, likely reflecting tight supply margins and the need for imports to close the generation gap.
Grid poem Claude AI
The turbines turn their silent hymns against a coal-dark sky, while furnaces beneath the earth burn bright to fill the hours no sun dares occupy. A continent breathes through copper veins, trading power across borders like whispered prayers before the dawn.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 34%
Wind offshore 14%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 22%
60%
Renewable share
17.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.8 GW
Total generation
4.8 GW
Net import
129.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.9°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
47.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
287
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 12.7 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white lattice towers receding into rolling hills, their red aviation lights blinking in the darkness; wind offshore 5.2 GW appears in the far-right background as a line of turbines on a distant dark sea horizon marked by tiny points of light; brown coal 8.2 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes glowing faintly from the orange sodium lights of the industrial complex below; natural gas 3.9 GW sits center-left as a pair of compact CCGT units with tall slender exhaust stacks releasing thin transparent heat shimmer, lit by floodlights; hard coal 2.9 GW appears as a smaller coal plant with a single large chimney and conveyor belts, just left of center; biomass 3.7 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a rounded silo and wood-chip storage yard near center-right, lit warmly from within; hydro 1.1 GW appears as a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley in the far center background. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow — it is 4 AM in August. Partial cloud cover at 47% shown as dark cloud masses partially revealing stars. The ground-level air is cool mid-summer night, with lush green vegetation visible only where artificial light reaches it. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive reflecting the high electricity price — a brooding industrial weight hangs over the landscape. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art, with rich dark palette, visible expressive brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial facilities and surrounding darkness, atmospheric depth and haze, meticulous engineering detail on turbine nacelles, cooling tower structures, and exhaust stacks. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 11 August 2026, 04:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-11T02:20 UTC · Download image