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Grid Poet — 19 April 2026, 20:00
Brown coal and biomass anchor an evening grid at 124 EUR/MWh as onshore wind and solar produce nothing after sunset.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 20:00 on a spring evening, the German grid is generating 18.9 GW with consumption data unavailable for this snapshot. Brown coal dominates at 6.5 GW (34% of generation), followed by biomass at 4.2 GW and offshore wind at 3.6 GW, giving a renewable share of 51%. Onshore wind is producing nothing despite moderate 20 km/h surface winds in central Germany, which is notable and may reflect curtailment or localized calm conditions at turbine hub heights. The day-ahead price of 124.1 EUR/MWh is elevated, consistent with a post-sunset hour where solar has dropped off, onshore wind is absent, and dispatchable thermal plants — particularly lignite and hard coal at a combined 7.9 GW — are setting the marginal price.
Grid poem Claude AI
The sun has fled and the turbines stand mute on darkened hills, while lignite fires burn deep in the earth to keep the April night alive. Offshore, unseen blades carve the black North Sea wind into light for distant cities.
Generation mix
Wind offshore 19%
Biomass 22%
Hydro 10%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 35%
51%
Renewable share
3.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
18.9 GW
Total generation
+18.9 GW
Net export
124.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.7°C / 20 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
57.0% / 14.8 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
373
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by amber sodium lamps; biomass 4.2 GW appears centre-left as a cluster of industrial wood-chip combustion plants with rectangular stacks and warm glowing furnace light behind grated openings; offshore wind 3.6 GW occupies the right quarter as a distant line of tall three-blade turbines standing in a dark sea, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black horizon; hydro 1.8 GW appears as a concrete dam spillway in the centre-right middle ground, floodlit with white security lighting and water cascading; natural gas 1.4 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT unit with a single tall exhaust stack and modest heat shimmer, placed centre-right; hard coal 1.4 GW sits beside the lignite station as a smaller coal plant with a single square cooling tower and conveyor belt. TIME: 20:00 in mid-April — fully dark night sky, deep navy-black, no twilight glow remaining, no sunset colours. A 57% cloud cover partially obscures stars overhead. No solar panels anywhere, no sunshine. The ground shows early spring vegetation — fresh green grass and budding trees at 9.7°C, damp from spring moisture. A moderate breeze bends thin birch branches. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive reflecting the high electricity price: low thick clouds tinged orange-brown by industrial light pollution from the power stations, a brooding industrial haze. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial facilities and the surrounding darkness, atmospheric depth with mist layers, meticulous engineering detail on each turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and CCGT exhaust geometry. The mood evokes Caspar David Friedrich crossed with industrial sublime. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 19 April 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-04-19T18:21 UTC · Download image