Grid Poet — 14 August 2026, 22:00
Brown coal, gas, hard coal, and moderate wind serve a 47 GW summer night load requiring 14 GW net imports.
Back
← older newer →
Grid analysis Claude AI
At 22:00 on a warm August evening, German demand sits at 47.1 GW against 33.1 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 14.0 GW of net imports. Renewables contribute 15.1 GW (45.7%), dominated by 10.0 GW of combined wind and 4.1 GW of biomass, while solar is absent after sunset. Thermal generation is substantial at 17.9 GW, with brown coal providing 6.9 GW, natural gas 6.2 GW, and hard coal 4.8 GW, reflecting the need to compensate for moderate wind output and zero solar. The day-ahead price of 198 EUR/MWh is elevated, consistent with a large import requirement during a period of moderate renewable availability and sustained summer evening demand.
Grid poem Claude AI
The turbines turn their slow nocturne above the coal's unyielding breath, while distant borders pour their voltage through cables stretched like tendons over the darkened earth. A warm night drinks fourteen gigawatts it cannot brew itself, and the market burns its ledger bright.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 25%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 21%
46%
Renewable share
10.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
33.1 GW
Total generation
14.0 GW
Net import
198.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
21.4°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
68.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
373
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.9 GW dominates the left quarter as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick silver-white steam plumes into the night sky, lit from below by amber sodium lamps on a sprawling lignite plant compound; natural gas 6.2 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall slender exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, their facades illuminated by industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.8 GW appears centre-right as a large conventional power station with a single wide chimney and conveyor belts visible under work lights; wind onshore 8.4 GW spans the right third as a long row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky, blades turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 1.6 GW is suggested far right as a faint cluster of turbine warning lights on the distant dark horizon over a barely visible sea; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a single modest smokestack glowing warmly, nestled between the coal plant and the wind turbines; hydro 1.0 GW is a small dam structure in the far background with a faint cascade of water catching artificial light. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, overcast clouds faintly visible only where industrial light catches their undersides, creating an oppressive low ceiling reflecting the high electricity price. The landscape is flat to gently rolling central German terrain with dark summer-green vegetation barely discernible, warm August night air suggested by a slight haze around light sources. No solar panels anywhere. The atmosphere is heavy and close, sodium-orange and industrial-white light pools punctuating the darkness. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of indigo, amber, and charcoal, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth receding into blackness, yet with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 14 August 2026, 22:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-14T20:20 UTC · Download image