Grid Poet — 12 August 2026, 20:00
Brown coal and onshore wind lead a 26.6 GW domestic supply against 54.6 GW demand, driving 28 GW net imports and 300 EUR/MWh prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 20:00 on a warm August evening, German domestic generation totals 26.6 GW against consumption of 54.6 GW, requiring approximately 28.0 GW of net imports. Brown coal leads generation at 9.2 GW, followed by wind onshore at 6.3 GW, biomass at 3.4 GW, natural gas at 2.5 GW, and hard coal at 2.4 GW; solar has effectively exited for the day at 0.4 GW. The day-ahead price of 300.2 EUR/MWh reflects the substantial import dependency and the evening demand peak, with air conditioning load likely contributing given the 25°C temperature. The 47.1% renewable share is reasonable for a summer evening with moderate onshore wind, though the heavy reliance on lignite and hard coal underscores the thermal fleet's role in covering baseload when imports alone cannot bridge the gap.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a darkened summer sky, the old brown towers breathe their ancient fire into a grid that hungers still. The turbines turn in tepid wind, but tonight the earth's deep seams must answer what the sun has left unsaid.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 24%
Wind offshore 4%
Solar 1%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 35%
47%
Renewable share
7.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.4 GW
Solar
26.6 GW
Total generation
28.0 GW
Net import
300.2 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
25.0°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
25.0% / 83.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
396
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.2 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, lit from below by orange sodium lights against a fully dark night sky; wind onshore 6.3 GW fills the centre-right as a cluster of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking, rotors turning slowly in moderate wind; biomass 3.4 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a timber-pile yard and a single tall chimney glowing warmly; natural gas 2.5 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT facility with twin exhaust stacks and a visible heat shimmer, positioned centre-left; hard coal 2.4 GW sits near the brown coal complex as a smaller conventional plant with a single large smokestack and conveyor belts; hydro 1.4 GW is a concrete dam structure in the mid-ground with water cascading under floodlights; wind offshore 1.0 GW appears as distant turbines on the far-right horizon, their lights reflected faintly on dark water; solar 0.4 GW is represented only by a small cluster of darkened aluminium-framed crystalline PV panels, unlit and inactive. The sky is completely black with scattered stars visible through 25% cloud wisps, no twilight glow whatsoever — it is full night. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, a warm summer haze hanging low over the industrial landscape, conveying the tension of a 300 EUR/MWh price spike. Warm 25°C air is suggested by lush green deciduous trees in full summer foliage, visible under artificial light pools. The entire scene is rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich deep blues, warm oranges from industrial lighting, dramatic chiaroscuro, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and sfumato haze — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower geometry, and smokestack detail. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 12 August 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-12T18:20 UTC · Download image