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Grid Poet — 21 April 2026, 22:00
Wind leads generation but gas, brown coal, and hard coal fill a large gap, driving 13.3 GW net imports at night.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 22:00 on a spring evening, Germany draws 56.8 GW against 43.5 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 13.3 GW of net imports. Onshore wind contributes a solid 16.2 GW and offshore adds 1.4 GW, but with solar absent after dark, thermal plants carry significant load: brown coal at 7.8 GW, natural gas at 8.0 GW, and hard coal at 4.1 GW. The day-ahead price of 119.8 EUR/MWh reflects the combination of high import dependency and substantial thermal dispatch during a period of moderate but insufficient wind generation. Despite the thermal reliance, renewables including biomass and hydro still account for 54.2% of domestic output — a reasonable share for a late-evening hour with no solar contribution.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a clear April night the turbines turn in restless vigil, but their whispered power alone cannot fill the hunger of the grid. So the old coal towers exhale their ancient breath into the stars, and gas flames burn like votives at the altar of demand.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 37%
Wind offshore 3%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 18%
54%
Renewable share
17.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
43.5 GW
Total generation
-13.4 GW
Net import
119.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.2°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
18.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
308
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.8 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 8.0 GW occupies the left-centre as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin white vapour, floodlit against the darkness; hard coal 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a single large coal plant with conveyor belts and a tall chimney, glowing reddish from furnace light; onshore wind 16.2 GW spans the entire right half and background as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers arrayed across rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the dark; offshore wind 1.4 GW is suggested by a few distant turbines on the far-right horizon above a barely visible sea line; biomass 4.6 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip silo and a single smokestack near the centre, warmly lit; hydro 1.4 GW is shown as a small dam spillway in the lower-right foreground, water catching reflected light. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, with a scattering of stars visible through 18% thin cloud wisps — absolutely no twilight or sky glow on the horizon. An early-spring landscape: bare deciduous trees just beginning to bud, cool-toned grass, temperature around 8°C conveyed by a slight ground mist. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, hinting at the high electricity price — a faint industrial haze diffuses the artificial lights into amber haloes. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth, and meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower shell, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 21 April 2026, 22:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-04-21T20:20 UTC · Download image