Grid Poet — 7 September 2026, 04:00
Wind leads at 16.1 GW combined, brown coal provides 8.1 GW baseload, and net imports cover a 3.4 GW shortfall at night.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 04:00 on a September night, German consumption sits at 39.7 GW against 36.3 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 3.4 GW of net imports. Wind onshore provides the largest single source at 12.9 GW, supplemented by 3.2 GW offshore, giving wind a combined 16.1 GW — the backbone of overnight supply. Brown coal contributes a substantial 8.1 GW baseload, with hard coal at 3.2 GW and natural gas at 4.6 GW, reflecting the need for thermal dispatch to cover the gap left by zero solar output under full cloud cover at night. The day-ahead price of 151.8 EUR/MWh is notably elevated for an off-peak hour, likely driven by the import requirement, tight thermal margins, and elevated gas costs feeding through to merit-order pricing.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a starless vault of cloud, the coal fires burn their ancient debt while wind turbines turn like pale sentinels standing watch over a sleeping nation's hunger. The grid hums its restless nocturne — import cables taut as harp strings drawn across the border dark.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 36%
Wind offshore 9%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 22%
56%
Renewable share
16.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
36.3 GW
Total generation
3.3 GW
Net import
151.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.6°C / 7 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
309
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.1 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the black sky, their concrete shells faintly lit by orange sodium lamps at their bases; natural gas 4.6 GW appears center-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with slender exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by industrial floodlights; hard coal 3.2 GW sits just right of center as a conventional coal plant with a tall chimney stack and conveyor belt infrastructure, safety lights dotting its silhouette; biomass 3.4 GW is rendered as a squat industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and short stacks, warm amber light spilling from open loading bays; wind onshore 12.9 GW spans the entire right third and recedes deep into the background as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking in rhythmic patterns across rolling hills; wind offshore 3.2 GW is suggested at the far right horizon as a faint line of turbine warning lights over a dark sea; hydro 1.0 GW appears as a small dam structure in the mid-ground valley with a faint white churn of water below it. The sky is completely black and starless, heavy with 100 percent overcast cloud pressing down oppressively — no twilight, no moon, no sky glow whatsoever. The atmosphere feels thick and weighted, conveying the high electricity price. Temperature is cool early autumn at 11.6 degrees Celsius; grass and deciduous trees in the foreground are still green but beginning to turn, visible only where sodium streetlights cast their amber pools. A light breeze animates the grass. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark palette of deep navy, burnt umber, and amber; visible impasto brushwork in the steam plumes and clouds; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ring, and gas stack; dramatic chiaroscuro between the black night and the scattered industrial illumination; atmospheric depth achieved through layered recession of turbine lights into fog. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 7 September 2026, 04:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-09-07T02:20 UTC · Download image