Grid Poet — 22 August 2026, 18:00
Wind (24.7 GW) and solar (11.7 GW) dominate at 88.8% renewables, with tight supply-demand balance at dusk.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 18:00 on a late-August evening, renewables supply 88.8% of German load at 47.1 GW against 47.4 GW consumption, leaving a modest net import requirement of 0.3 GW. Wind dominates with 24.7 GW combined onshore and offshore, while solar contributes 11.7 GW in the final hours before sunset under partly cloudy skies. Thermal baseload from brown coal (2.8 GW), biomass (3.8 GW), and gas (1.7 GW) provides residual support, with hard coal nearly offline at 0.7 GW. The day-ahead price of 105.1 EUR/MWh is elevated for this renewable share, likely reflecting tight conditions across interconnected markets and the narrow domestic balance despite strong wind output.
Grid poem Claude AI
The turbines drink the last amber light as wind carries the empire of summer toward dusk, their blades writing psalms across a darkening canvas. Below, the old lignite towers exhale slow pale columns into a sky that no longer belongs to them.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 40%
Wind offshore 12%
Solar 25%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 6%
89%
Renewable share
24.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
11.7 GW
Solar
47.1 GW
Total generation
0.3 GW
Net import
105.1 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.7°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
79.0% / 102.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
79
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 18.9 GW dominates the scene as dozens of large three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular steel towers stretching across rolling green hills from the centre to the far right, blades turning steadily in moderate wind. Solar 11.7 GW appears as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-ground right, catching the last weak orange-red light on their surfaces. Wind offshore 5.8 GW is visible in the distant background as a row of turbines rising from a hazy sea horizon at left-centre. Biomass 3.8 GW is represented by a cluster of mid-sized industrial plants with rounded silos and modest stacks emitting thin white exhaust, positioned left of centre. Brown coal 2.8 GW occupies the far left as two large hyperbolic cooling towers with lazy pale steam plumes drifting eastward. Natural gas 1.7 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and clean metallic housing, placed between the cooling towers and biomass plants. Hydro 1.5 GW shows as a concrete dam structure nestled in a forested valley at the far left edge. Hard coal 0.7 GW is a small older power station with a single square chimney, barely visible behind the brown coal towers. The lighting is late dusk at 18:00 in August — a rapidly fading orange-red glow along the lower western horizon, the sky above transitioning from warm amber to deep slate blue, clouds at 79% cover catching the last colour. The atmosphere feels heavy and slightly oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price. Summer vegetation is lush but dry, late-season greens and golden-brown grasses. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial realism — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every panel frame, every cooling tower's hyperbolic curve. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 22 August 2026, 18:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-22T16:20 UTC · Download image