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Grid Poet — 10 April 2026, 19:00
Gas, brown coal, and hard coal dominate a 33 GW generation mix while 24.5 GW of net imports fill the evening demand gap.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 19:00 on April 10, domestic generation of 33.0 GW covers only 57% of the 57.5 GW consumption, requiring approximately 24.5 GW of net imports. Renewables contribute 10.8 GW (32.9% of generation), with biomass at 4.6 GW providing the largest renewable share, while wind onshore adds 2.7 GW and solar contributes a modest 1.6 GW as the sun sets under full overcast. Thermal generation is dominated by brown coal at 8.0 GW, natural gas at 8.8 GW, and hard coal at 5.3 GW — collectively 22.1 GW — reflecting the high residual load of 24.5 GW left uncovered by renewables and hydro. The day-ahead price of 227.8 EUR/MWh is elevated, consistent with the substantial import requirement and heavy reliance on marginal fossil units during an early-evening demand peak.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a sky of leaden wool, the furnaces roar their coal-fed hymn, drawing power from distant lands to feed a nation's twilight hunger. The turbines turn in whispered protest, outnumbered by the ancient fires that own the darkening hour.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 8%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 5%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 27%
Hard coal 16%
Brown coal 24%
33%
Renewable share
3.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
1.6 GW
Solar
33.0 GW
Total generation
-24.5 GW
Net import
227.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.4°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 95.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
451
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 8.0 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the overcast; natural gas 8.8 GW occupies the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks venting heat shimmer; hard coal 5.3 GW appears centre-right as a heavy industrial plant with large boiler houses and conveyor belts feeding dark fuel; biomass 4.6 GW is rendered as a mid-ground facility with cylindrical wood-pellet silos and a modest smokestack; wind onshore 2.7 GW shows as a small group of three-blade turbines on a low ridge in the right background, blades turning slowly in light wind; solar 1.6 GW appears as a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the right foreground, their surfaces dull and reflecting no sun; wind offshore 0.6 GW is a barely visible pair of offshore turbines on a far horizon line; hydro 1.3 GW is suggested by a concrete dam spillway nestled in a valley at the far right edge. TIME OF DAY: late dusk at 19:00 in April — the sky is a band of deep orange-red glow compressed along the low western horizon, rapidly giving way to dark slate-blue and charcoal grey overhead; full 100% cloud cover creates a heavy, oppressive ceiling with no stars visible; the last fading light catches steam plumes in amber tones. The atmosphere is dense and weighty, conveying the 227.8 EUR/MWh price through visual heaviness — low clouds pressing down, hazy industrial smoke merging with overcast. Temperature is mild spring at 11.4°C: fresh green grass and early leaf buds on scattered deciduous trees, but the landscape feels subdued under the grey pall. Transmission lines with lattice pylons stretch toward the horizon in multiple directions, symbolising import flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing horizon and the darkening industrial silhouettes, atmospheric depth with layered smoke and cloud, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. The scene evokes Caspar David Friedrich's sense of sublime scale but applied to a modern thermal-industrial panorama. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 10 April 2026, 19:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-04-10T17:21 UTC · Download image