Grid Poet — 15 August 2026, 22:00
Wind and coal dominate nighttime generation as 15 GW of net imports fill a large supply gap at elevated prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 22:00 on a warm August night, Germany draws 45.9 GW against 30.8 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 15.1 GW of net imports. Wind provides 11.1 GW combined (onshore 9.9, offshore 1.2), while the thermal fleet delivers 14.5 GW across brown coal (6.5), hard coal (4.4), and natural gas (3.6), with biomass adding 4.1 GW and hydro 1.0 GW. The day-ahead price of 179.6 EUR/MWh reflects the substantial import dependency during evening hours when solar is unavailable and wind output, though moderate, is insufficient to displace fossil baseload. Despite the heavy thermal contribution, renewable sources still account for 52.8% of domestic generation, driven almost entirely by wind and biomass at this hour.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a starless vault of cloud, the coal fires burn their ancient debt while turbine blades carve restless arcs through summer's humid dark. The grid reaches across borders with open hands, drawing power from distant lands to feed the sleepless nation's demand.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 32%
Wind offshore 4%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 21%
53%
Renewable share
11.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.8 GW
Total generation
15.1 GW
Net import
179.6 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
22.7°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
338
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.5 GW occupies the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into black sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; hard coal 4.4 GW sits just right of centre as a sprawling coal-fired power station with tall rectangular chimneys and conveyor belts, glowing furnace light visible through grated openings; natural gas 3.6 GW appears as two compact CCGT units with single tall exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by harsh white floodlights; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a large industrial facility with cylindrical storage silos and a modest stack, warm amber light spilling from its operational bays; wind onshore 9.9 GW spans the right third of the composition as a dense field of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their nacelles marked by blinking red aviation warning lights against the darkness, blades visibly turning in moderate wind; wind offshore 1.2 GW is suggested in the far background right as a faint row of smaller turbine lights on the distant horizon; hydro 1.0 GW appears as a small dam structure in the middle distance with water flowing over a spillway, lit by a single floodlight. The sky is completely dark, deep black with full overcast — no stars, no moon, no twilight, only a thick oppressive blanket of cloud faintly reflecting the industrial glow below. The atmosphere feels heavy and humid, a warm summer night at 22°C with lush dark-green foliage on the trees barely visible in the sodium light. The mood is tense and weighty, reflecting the high electricity price. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich chiaroscuro, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and industrial pipe. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 15 August 2026, 22:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-15T20:20 UTC · Download image