Grid Poet — 27 August 2026, 22:00
Strong onshore wind leads at 25.9 GW; coal and gas thermal plants set a high clearing price despite 6.2 GW net export.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 22:00 on a warm August night, wind generation dominates the mix at 30.9 GW combined (onshore 25.9 GW, offshore 5.0 GW), delivering roughly 56% of total generation alone. Thermal baseload remains substantial with brown coal at 7.3 GW, natural gas at 7.0 GW, and hard coal at 4.0 GW, collectively providing 33% of output. Total generation of 54.7 GW exceeds consumption of 48.5 GW, yielding a net export position of approximately 6.2 GW. Despite this surplus, the day-ahead price of 164.9 EUR/MWh is notably elevated for a nighttime hour — this likely reflects high gas prices feeding through to marginal cost pricing, with gas-fired units still setting the clearing price even as wind output is strong.
Grid poem Claude AI
The turbines churn through sultry darkness, a restless armada of steel and wind claiming the overcast night. Below, the coal fires glow defiant, their ancient heat demanding a price the summer air cannot cool.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 47%
Wind offshore 9%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 13%
67%
Renewable share
30.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
54.7 GW
Total generation
+6.2 GW
Net export
164.9 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
24.7°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
227
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 25.9 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as vast ranks of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling dark hills, rotors turning steadily; brown coal 7.3 GW occupies the far left as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lights; natural gas 7.0 GW appears left-of-centre as a pair of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; wind offshore 5.0 GW is visible in the distant background as a line of turbines standing on a dark sea horizon, their red aviation warning lights blinking; hard coal 4.0 GW sits near the brown coal complex as a smaller station with a large rectangular boiler house and single square chimney trailing grey smoke; biomass 4.4 GW appears as a mid-ground industrial facility with cylindrical storage silos and a modest stack with faint exhaust; hydro 1.1 GW is suggested by a small dam structure with spillway water catching reflected light at the lower-right edge. TIME: 22:00 in late August — completely dark sky, deep navy-black, no twilight glow, 100% cloud cover so no stars or moon visible, the heavy overcast ceiling presses low and oppressive reflecting an unusually high electricity price. The warm 24.7°C summer night is rendered through lush dark-green deciduous foliage on trees, slightly wilted summer grasses. The atmosphere feels thick, humid, and heavy. All structures are illuminated only by artificial light — sodium-orange streetlamps along access roads, white industrial floodlights on plant structures, red warning beacons atop turbines and stacks. Steam from the cooling towers catches the orange industrial glow and spreads across the low cloud base, creating a brooding luminous haze. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth, chiaroscuro contrast between the dark countryside and the lit industrial complexes, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and CCGT exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 27 August 2026, 22:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-27T20:21 UTC · Download image