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Grid Poet — 6 April 2026, 20:00
Wind leads at 17.5 GW but 14.7 GW net imports are needed as solar is absent and evening demand peaks.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 20:00 on an April evening, German consumption stands at 49.6 GW against domestic generation of 34.9 GW, requiring approximately 14.7 GW of net imports. Wind generation is the dominant source at 17.5 GW combined (onshore 14.5 GW, offshore 3.0 GW), supported by a solid baseload from brown coal at 5.2 GW, biomass at 4.6 GW, and natural gas at 3.6 GW. Solar contributes nothing at this post-sunset hour. The day-ahead price of 116 EUR/MWh reflects the substantial import requirement and reliance on dispatchable thermal generation to cover the evening demand peak, a routine spring evening pattern when solar drops off and wind alone cannot close the gap.
Grid poem Claude AI
The turbines churn beneath a starless April shroud, while coal fires glow like ancient furnaces summoned to hold the darkening hours together. Across borders unseen, rivers of electrons flow inward, feeding the restless appetite of a nation at nightfall.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 41%
Wind offshore 8%
Solar 0%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 10%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 15%
67%
Renewable share
17.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
34.9 GW
Total generation
-14.7 GW
Net import
116.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.2°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
84.0% / 9.8 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
232
gCO₂/kWh
Records
#1 Wild Ride
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Wind onshore 14.5 GW dominates the right two-fifths of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling hills, rotors spinning in moderate wind; wind offshore 3.0 GW appears in the far-right background as a cluster of turbines on a dark North Sea horizon barely visible. Brown coal 5.2 GW occupies the left foreground as two massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes, flanked by conveyor belts and lignite stockpiles. Biomass 4.6 GW sits left of center as a cluster of industrial biomass CHP plants with timber-clad facades, wood chip storage domes, and short stacks releasing thin pale exhaust. Natural gas 3.6 GW appears center-right as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and heat recovery steam generator emitting a faint shimmer. Hard coal 2.7 GW is rendered center-left as a smaller coal-fired station with a single smokestack and coal bunker. Hydro 1.3 GW is a small concrete dam with spillway visible in a valley in the middle distance. TIME: 20:00 in early April — full night, completely dark sky, deep navy-black overhead, no twilight glow whatsoever; all structures are illuminated only by sodium-orange industrial lighting, safety lights on turbine nacelles blinking red, lit control-room windows, and the warm glow of plant floodlights reflecting off steam clouds. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — low dense clouds press down, barely visible in the artificial light, hinting at 84% overcast. Temperature is mild at 11°C; early spring vegetation is present as dark silhouettes of budding deciduous trees and fresh grass, dimly lit. No solar panels anywhere. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dramatic chiaroscuro, visible impasto brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective, technically accurate engineering details on every installation — turbine nacelles with three-blade rotors, aluminium cooling tower ribbing, CCGT exhaust geometry — rendered as a sublime industrial nocturne. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 6 April 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-04-06T18:20 UTC · Download image