Grid Poet — 5 October 2026, 20:00
Brown coal, gas, and wind anchor evening supply as 12.5 GW net imports fill a significant generation gap at peak demand.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 20:00 on an autumn evening, Germany draws 59.3 GW against 46.8 GW of domestic generation, resulting in approximately 12.5 GW of net imports. Thermal generation is prominent: brown coal leads at 11.4 GW, natural gas contributes 9.0 GW, and hard coal adds 5.0 GW, reflecting the absence of solar output and moderate wind totaling 16.0 GW combined onshore and offshore. The renewable share stands at 45.6%, carried entirely by wind and baseload biomass (4.4 GW). The day-ahead price of 221.8 EUR/MWh is elevated, consistent with high residual load, substantial import dependency, and thermal marginal units setting the clearing price during a peak evening demand period.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a moonless October sky, coal furnaces roar their ancient hymn while turbines carve the unseen wind—together they shoulder the burden of a darkened nation's hunger for light. The price of power rises like smoke from lignite towers, a tithe paid to the restless evening hours.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 21%
Wind offshore 13%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 24%
46%
Renewable share
16.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
46.8 GW
Total generation
12.5 GW
Net import
221.8 EUR/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.8°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E) · surface estimate from 100 m wind
5.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
375
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 11.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 9.0 GW occupies the centre-left as three compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin grey exhaust, their metallic surfaces catching amber floodlight reflections; wind onshore 9.8 GW fills the centre-right as a long receding line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling hills, red aviation warning lights blinking at their nacelles; wind offshore 6.2 GW appears in the far right background as a distant cluster of offshore turbines barely visible on a dark horizon line over the North Sea; hard coal 5.0 GW sits behind the lignite plant as a pair of large boiler houses with tall rectangular chimneys trailing grey smoke; biomass 4.4 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a domed wood-chip storage silo and a single short stack glowing warm orange; hydro 0.8 GW is a small concrete dam structure nestled in a valley in the far distance. The sky is completely dark, a deep navy-to-black October night, no twilight glow, no sunset remnants, stars faintly visible through only 5% cloud cover. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, conveying the high electricity price—a faint industrial haze hangs low, diffusing the sodium streetlights along a road in the foreground. Autumn vegetation: trees with thinning amber and russet leaves, dry brown grass. Moderate wind suggested by gently swaying branches and spinning turbine blades. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts between the black sky and the warm industrial glow, atmospheric depth with layers receding into darkness, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 5 October 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-10-05T18:20 UTC · Download image