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Grid Poet — 17 April 2026, 04:00
Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate overnight generation as negligible wind and no solar drive heavy net imports.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 04:00 on a mild April night, German domestic generation totals 30.0 GW against consumption of 45.8 GW, requiring approximately 15.8 GW of net imports. Brown coal leads generation at 9.0 GW, followed by natural gas at 8.6 GW and hard coal at 4.5 GW, reflecting the typical nocturnal reliance on thermal baseload with solar unavailable and wind output unusually low at 2.4 GW combined. The renewable share stands at 26.3%, carried almost entirely by biomass (4.1 GW) and hydro (1.4 GW). The day-ahead price of 111.5 EUR/MWh is elevated, consistent with the heavy import requirement and near-calm wind conditions keeping marginal generation costs high.
Grid poem Claude AI
The coal furnaces breathe their ancient heat into the silent dark, feeding a land that swallows more than its own fires can give. Somewhere beyond the border, foreign turbines hum the difference into copper veins stretched tight with need.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 6%
Wind offshore 2%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 29%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 30%
26%
Renewable share
2.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.0 GW
Total generation
-15.8 GW
Net import
111.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.7°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
69.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
499
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.0 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 dark sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lamps; natural gas 8.6 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power stations with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, their steel structures illuminated by harsh floodlights; hard coal 4.5 GW appears centre-right as a blocky coal-fired plant with conveyor belts and a single large chimney glowing dull red at the tip; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a modest facility with wood-chip storage domes and a squat smokestack with pale vapour, placed right of centre; wind onshore 1.7 GW appears as a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge to the far right, their red aviation warning lights blinking faintly, rotors barely turning in the still air; wind offshore 0.7 GW is suggested by tiny red lights on the far horizon line; hydro 1.4 GW is depicted as a small dam and spillway in the right foreground, water faintly reflecting industrial light. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, 69% cloud cover rendered as heavy low clouds faintly underlit orange by the industrial glow below, no stars visible, no twilight, no moon. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — a thick humid haze hangs between the cooling towers. Temperature 8.7°C: early spring, bare-branched deciduous trees with first tiny buds visible in foreground, damp ground, patches of green grass. Wind nearly calm at 2.7 km/h: smoke and steam rise almost vertically. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich chiaroscuro, visible confident brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, lattice tower, cooling tower curvature, and CCGT exhaust detail. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 17 April 2026, 04:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-04-17T02:20 UTC · Download image