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Grid Poet — 9 May 2026, 20:00
Brown coal and gas lead a 27.6 GW domestic supply against 47.7 GW demand, driving ~20 GW net imports at 147 EUR/MWh.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 20:00 on a May evening, German domestic generation totals 27.6 GW against consumption of 47.7 GW, requiring approximately 20.1 GW of net imports. Solar has effectively exited for the day at 0.8 GW, and onshore wind contributes a moderate 5.6 GW, leaving fossil baseload and imports to carry the evening peak. Brown coal leads generation at 6.7 GW, followed by biomass at 4.6 GW, gas at 4.3 GW, and hard coal at 3.6 GW — a conventional thermal-heavy dispatch consistent with the 147 EUR/MWh day-ahead price, which reflects tight domestic supply and high import dependency during an evening demand ramp.
Grid poem Claude AI
The sun has fled and turbines hum a quiet hymn, while ancient lignite fires roar beneath a darkening rim. Germany reaches across its borders with outstretched copper hands, drawing current from distant lands to feed its evening demands.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 20%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 3%
Biomass 17%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 24%
47%
Renewable share
6.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.8 GW
Solar
27.6 GW
Total generation
-20.2 GW
Net import
147.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.5°C / 10 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
32.0% / 75.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
373
gCOâ‚‚/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.7 GW dominates the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, lit from below by sodium-orange floodlights; onshore wind 5.6 GW fills the centre-right background as a long row of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors turning slowly, red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles; biomass 4.6 GW appears as a mid-ground industrial facility with wood-chip conveyors and a single broad smokestack releasing pale exhaust; natural gas 4.3 GW sits centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with twin exhaust stacks and a smaller cooling structure, its turbine hall windows glowing warm yellow; hard coal 3.6 GW is rendered as a coal-fired station to the far left with a tall brick chimney and coal bunker silhouettes; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a concrete dam in the far right middle ground with spillway water catching reflected light; solar 0.8 GW is represented by a small darkened field of aluminium-framed crystalline PV panels in the foreground, completely unlit and inert; offshore wind 0.6 GW is barely visible as distant turbine silhouettes on the far horizon. The sky is fully dark — deep navy to black, no twilight glow remains — a late May night at 20:00 in central Germany. A scattering of stars visible through 32 percent cloud cover, thin clouds drifting across the upper sky. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price: a warm humid haze hangs over the industrial valley. Spring vegetation — fresh green leaves on birch and linden trees — is barely visible in the artificial light. Gentle breeze suggested by slow turbine rotation and slight sway in tree branches. Foreground shows a grassy hillside observation point. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines recede into the distance toward the border, symbolizing massive import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich deep colour palette of indigo, amber, ochre, and warm grey — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro contrast between dark sky and industrial glow. Meticulous engineering accuracy on all power generation equipment. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 9 May 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-09T18:20 UTC · Download image