Grid Poet — 22 August 2026, 20:00
Wind dominates at 23 GW but 5.2 GW net imports fill the evening gap as solar fades.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 20:00 on a late-August evening, German consumption stands at 45.9 GW against 40.7 GW of domestic generation, resulting in approximately 5.2 GW of net imports. Wind is the dominant source at 23.0 GW combined (onshore 16.6 GW, offshore 6.4 GW), providing strong renewable output despite the post-sunset hour. Thermal generation remains significant: brown coal contributes 5.2 GW, natural gas 4.2 GW, and hard coal 2.5 GW, collectively backstopping the evening demand ramp as solar has effectively ceased at 0.2 GW. The day-ahead price of 164.2 EUR/MWh is elevated, consistent with the import requirement and the need for marginal thermal dispatch during peak evening load.
Grid poem Claude AI
The turbines howl across the darkened plain, their blades carving night from wind, while coal fires smolder beneath a heavy sky, feeding a nation's hunger when the sun has turned away. Somewhere beyond the border, power flows inward like a tide drawn by the gravity of demand.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 41%
Wind offshore 16%
Solar 0%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 13%
71%
Renewable share
23.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.2 GW
Solar
40.7 GW
Total generation
5.2 GW
Net import
164.2 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.7°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
89.0% / 29.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
201
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 16.6 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling hills into the distance, rotors spinning visibly in moderate wind; wind offshore 6.4 GW appears in the far background right as a cluster of offshore turbines on the dark horizon line above a barely visible sea; brown coal 5.2 GW occupies the left foreground as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 4.2 GW sits center-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by facility floodlights; biomass 4.2 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a cylindrical silo and low stack with warm amber glow, positioned center; hard coal 2.5 GW shows as a smaller coal plant with a single rectangular cooling tower and conveyor belt structure, left of center; hydro 1.5 GW is a concrete dam spillway visible in a valley gap at far left; solar 0.2 GW is essentially absent — no panels visible. The sky is completely dark, a deep navy-black August night at 20:00, no twilight, no sky glow, 89% cloud cover rendered as heavy invisible overcast blocking all stars. The atmosphere is oppressive and heavy, reflecting the high electricity price. The landscape is late-summer central German terrain with dark green deciduous trees and harvested fields, temperature mild at 17.7°C. All illumination comes from artificial sources: sodium streetlights casting amber pools along a road, white-blue industrial floodlights on the power plants, red aviation warning lights blinking atop turbine nacelles and stacks. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, deep colors, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric chiaroscuro depth — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower geometry, CCGT exhaust stack, and industrial detail. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 22 August 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-22T18:20 UTC · Download image