Grid Poet — 28 August 2026, 06:00
Strong onshore wind leads generation but full thermal dispatch and net imports cover a 6.5 GW shortfall at dawn.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 06:00 on a fully overcast August morning, wind generation is the dominant source at 22.6 GW combined (onshore 19.5 GW, offshore 3.1 GW), providing roughly half of total generation. Solar is negligible at 0.3 GW, consistent with heavy cloud cover and early hour. Thermal generation remains substantial: brown coal at 7.1 GW, natural gas at 4.5 GW, and hard coal at 3.8 GW are all dispatched to cover the 6.5 GW gap between domestic generation (43.3 GW) and consumption (49.8 GW), with the balance met by net imports of approximately 6.5 GW. The day-ahead price of 171 EUR/MWh is elevated, reflecting the need for imports and full thermal dispatch to meet morning demand under conditions where solar cannot yet contribute.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a sky of iron grey, turbines carve the restless dawn while coal fires glow in ancient furnaces, feeding a nation still half-asleep. The wind gives what it can, but the dark morning hungers for more than air alone.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 45%
Wind offshore 7%
Solar 1%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 16%
65%
Renewable share
22.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.3 GW
Solar
43.3 GW
Total generation
6.5 GW
Net import
171.0 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.7°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
250
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 19.5 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade wind turbines with white lattice towers receding across rolling green hills into atmospheric haze; brown coal 7.1 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes; natural gas 4.5 GW appears centre-left as compact CCGT plants with slender exhaust stacks venting thin vapour; hard coal 3.8 GW sits beside the lignite station as a smaller coal-fired plant with a tall brick chimney and coal conveyor; biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial facility with a wood-chip stockpile and modest smokestack; wind offshore 3.1 GW is visible as faint turbine silhouettes on a distant grey sea horizon at the far right; hydro 1.2 GW appears as a small concrete dam with spillway in the lower-left foreground beside a river; solar 0.3 GW is essentially absent — no panels visible. Time is pre-dawn at 06:00 in late August: the sky is deep blue-grey with the faintest pale glow at the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, all structures lit by sodium-orange industrial lighting and the dim ambient twilight. Complete 100% overcast: a low, heavy, unbroken ceiling of dark grey stratus clouds presses down oppressively, conveying the high electricity price. Temperature is mild at nearly 20°C: lush late-summer green foliage on deciduous trees, tall grass, wildflowers. Moderate breeze animates the turbine blades and bends tall grasses. The atmosphere is thick, humid, slightly hazy with industrial steam merging into the cloud base. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich dark tonal palette of slate blues, warm oranges from artificial light, grey-greens in vegetation, dramatic atmospheric depth, visible confident brushwork, meticulous engineering detail on all turbine nacelles, cooling tower parabolic curves, conveyor structures, and CCGT exhaust assemblies. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 28 August 2026, 06:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-08-28T04:20 UTC · Download image