Grid Poet — 20 August 2026, 22:00
Wind and coal anchor domestic supply while 16.8 GW of net imports fill the nighttime gap at elevated prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 22:00 on a late-summer evening, German consumption stands at 48.4 GW against domestic generation of 31.6 GW, requiring approximately 16.8 GW of net imports. Renewables contribute 48.8% of domestic generation, led by 10.1 GW of combined wind and supported by 4.1 GW of biomass and 1.2 GW of hydro, though solar is absent at this hour. Thermal baseload is substantial, with brown coal at 6.3 GW, hard coal at 4.2 GW, and natural gas at 5.7 GW collectively providing 16.2 GW. The day-ahead price of 187.9 EUR/MWh reflects the tight domestic supply-demand balance and the cost of sourcing significant import volumes during evening hours.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a starless vault of cloud, the furnaces breathe their ancient fire while distant turbines turn in darkness, shouldering half the nation's hunger. The wires hum with borrowed current streaming in from foreign shores, and the price of keeping light alive climbs high into the summer night.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 28%
Wind offshore 4%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 20%
49%
Renewable share
10.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
31.6 GW
Total generation
16.8 GW
Net import
187.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.8°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
99.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
351
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.3 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 5.7 GW occupies the center-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall slender exhaust stacks venting heat shimmer; hard coal 4.2 GW appears center-right as a traditional coal plant with rectangular boiler houses, conveyor belts, and a single large chimney emitting a grey plume; wind onshore 8.8 GW spans the entire right third and extends into the background as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the darkness; wind offshore 1.3 GW is suggested by a few distant turbines on the far-right horizon over a dark implied sea; biomass 4.1 GW appears as two modest industrial facilities with wood-chip silos and short stacks glowing warmly near the center; hydro 1.2 GW is a small run-of-river station with illuminated weirs in the foreground. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, 99% cloud cover blocking all stars, no twilight whatsoever — pure nighttime at 22:00 in August. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price: low thick clouds faintly reflecting the industrial glow in sickly amber tones. Warm 18.8°C summer air suggested by lush dark-green deciduous trees in full leaf barely visible at the scene's edges. Light wind barely stirs the turbine blades. All illumination comes from artificial sources: sodium streetlights cast pools of orange on access roads, control rooms glow with fluorescent blue-white light through windows, and the cooling tower steam catches underlighting dramatically. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines recede into the murky distance, symbolizing import flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette with deep umbers, burnt siennas, and Prussian blues, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro drama — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower form, and industrial detail. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 20 August 2026, 22:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-20T20:20 UTC · Download image