Grid Poet — 21 August 2026, 04:00
Wind and brown coal anchor overnight generation as 8.5 GW of net imports cover a supply gap at elevated prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 04:00 on a summer night, German consumption sits at 40.8 GW against 32.3 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 8.5 GW of net imports. Wind contributes a combined 11.0 GW (onshore 9.9 GW, offshore 1.1 GW), while the thermal fleet runs at substantial output: brown coal 6.5 GW, natural gas 5.1 GW, and hard coal 4.8 GW, together providing 16.4 GW. The day-ahead price of 153.2 EUR/MWh is elevated for a nighttime hour, reflecting the significant import requirement and high thermal dispatch needed to meet demand in the absence of solar. Renewables reach 49.3% of domestic generation, driven entirely by wind and biomass at this hour.
Grid poem Claude AI
Coal furnaces breathe their amber sighs beneath a moonless vault, while wind turbines turn like slow sentinels guarding a grid that hungers for the dawn. The wires hum with borrowed power drawn from distant borders, and the summer night exhales its restless, costly heat.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 31%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 20%
49%
Renewable share
11.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
32.3 GW
Total generation
8.5 GW
Net import
153.2 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.8°C / 9 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
12.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
353
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 9.9 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers spread across rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the darkness; brown coal 6.5 GW occupies the left quarter as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting; natural gas 5.1 GW appears centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with two tall exhaust stacks releasing thin transparent heat shimmer, lit by white floodlights on the facility grounds; hard coal 4.8 GW sits just left of centre as a large coal-fired station with rectangular boiler house and a single tall chimney trailing a faint plume, illuminated by amber security lights; biomass 3.6 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip silo and small smokestack near the centre-right; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a concrete dam structure in the far background with spillway water faintly catching reflected light; wind offshore 1.1 GW is suggested by a distant row of turbines on the far-right horizon near a dark coastline. Time is 04:00 in August — the sky is completely black, deep navy at most, with no twilight or sky glow whatsoever; stars are faintly visible through only 12% cloud cover; a waning crescent moon casts negligible light. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, reflecting the 153 EUR/MWh price — a warm humid summer night haze hangs low, sodium streetlights along a road in the foreground cast orange pools on lush green summer grass and leafy trees barely visible in the darkness. Temperature is mild at 14.8°C, with gentle breeze shown by slowly turning turbine blades. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the industrial glow and the vast dark sky, atmospheric depth receding into haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and exhaust stack, evoking Caspar David Friedrich's sublime darkness merged with precise industrial realism. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 21 August 2026, 04:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-21T02:20 UTC · Download image