Grid Poet — 24 August 2026, 20:00
Brown coal and onshore wind lead a 34.3 GW domestic supply requiring ~19.9 GW net imports at evening peak.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 20:00 on a late-August evening, German domestic generation totals 34.3 GW against consumption of 54.2 GW, requiring approximately 19.9 GW of net imports. Brown coal leads generation at 9.4 GW, followed by wind onshore at 8.5 GW, natural gas at 5.4 GW, and hard coal at 5.0 GW; solar is negligible at 0.2 GW given the hour and full overcast. The day-ahead price of 219.5 EUR/MWh reflects the substantial import requirement and heavy reliance on thermal dispatch to meet evening demand. Renewable share stands at 42.4%, carried almost entirely by onshore wind and biomass, a reasonable level for a summer evening but insufficient to displace the large fossil fleet currently running.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a starless shroud the furnaces breathe deep, their amber throats singing the price of light while turbines turn like restless sentinels on the darkened ridge. Coal and wind share the night's burden in uneasy communion, and the grid drinks power from distant borders to slake its summer thirst.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 25%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 0%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 28%
42%
Renewable share
8.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.2 GW
Solar
34.3 GW
Total generation
19.9 GW
Net import
219.5 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.2°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 4.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
410
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; onshore wind 8.5 GW fills the right third as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers arrayed across rolling green hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the darkness; natural gas 5.4 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by floodlights; hard coal 5.0 GW appears centre-right as a traditional coal-fired station with a single large smokestack and conveyor belts visible under arc lights; biomass 4.3 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and a modest chimney trailing pale smoke, positioned between the gas and coal plants; hydro 1.2 GW appears as a small concrete dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley at far right, with water gleaming under a single floodlight; offshore wind 0.5 GW is faintly suggested on the distant horizon as tiny blinking red lights over a dark sea. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black with no twilight glow, no stars visible through 100% cloud cover, creating a heavy oppressive overcast ceiling that reflects the orange industrial glow from below. Late-summer vegetation — lush dark-green deciduous trees and tall grass — frames the foreground, barely visible in the ambient light. The atmosphere feels dense and weighty, hinting at the 219.5 EUR/MWh price tension. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial facilities and the enveloping darkness, atmospheric depth receding into hazy distance, meticulous engineering accuracy on turbine nacelles, cooling tower parabolic curves, and CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 24 August 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-24T18:20 UTC · Download image