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Grid Poet — 13 April 2026, 03:00
Lignite, gas, and moderate wind anchor overnight supply as Germany draws 8.2 GW of net imports.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 03:00 CEST, German consumption sits at 42.7 GW against 34.5 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 8.2 GW of net imports. Lignite leads the generation stack at 8.8 GW, followed by natural gas at 7.2 GW and wind at a combined 8.5 GW onshore and offshore — a moderate but unspectacular wind contribution given the low surface winds of 5.9 km/h. Solar is absent as expected at this hour, and the renewable share of 41% is carried primarily by wind and biomass (4.2 GW). The day-ahead price of 107.6 EUR/MWh is elevated for a nighttime hour, consistent with the sizeable import requirement and heavy reliance on thermal generation to meet overnight baseload.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a lidded sky of soot and stone, the furnaces breathe unceasing — coal-born warmth pours through the sleeping land while distant turbines turn their slow lament against the dark. The grid drinks deep from every burning mouth, yet still it thirsts, reaching across borders for the power its own fires cannot give.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 17%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 21%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 25%
41%
Renewable share
8.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
34.5 GW
Total generation
-8.2 GW
Net import
107.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.6°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
406
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the black sky; natural gas 7.2 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour trails, lit by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.4 GW appears centre-right as a gritty power station with conveyor belts and a single large smokestack; wind onshore 6.0 GW stretches across the right quarter as a line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers slowly turning on a ridge, their red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 2.5 GW is suggested in the far-right distance as faint blinking lights on the horizon representing a North Sea wind farm; biomass 4.2 GW appears as a modest wood-chip-fed CHP plant with a glowing furnace visible through open bay doors, positioned between the coal and wind sections; hydro 1.4 GW is a small run-of-river weir in the foreground with water gleaming under floodlights. The sky is completely dark, deep black-navy, 100% overcast — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow — only industrial artificial lighting in sodium orange and cool white illuminates the facilities. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, hinting at elevated electricity prices. Early spring vegetation is barely visible — bare branches, damp brown grass, patches of frost on the ground reflecting 7.6°C temperatures. The landscape is flat central German lowland. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette of indigo, burnt umber, and ochre, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric chiaroscuro depth — yet every turbine nacelle, cooling tower hyperbolic curve, and CCGT exhaust stack is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 13 April 2026, 03:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-04-13T01:20 UTC · Download image