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Grid Poet — 11 May 2026, 01:00
Brown coal, onshore wind, and gas anchor overnight supply as Germany imports roughly 10 GW under overcast skies.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 01:00 on a spring night, German consumption stands at 41.2 GW against domestic generation of 30.8 GW, requiring approximately 10.4 GW of net imports. Wind onshore provides 8.9 GW, the largest single source, while the thermal fleet carries a substantial share: brown coal at 7.5 GW, natural gas at 4.8 GW, and hard coal at 3.6 GW, reflecting the absence of solar and only moderate wind output. The day-ahead price of 112.3 EUR/MWh is elevated for a nighttime hour, consistent with the significant import dependency and the need to keep expensive gas-fired capacity dispatched alongside coal baseload. Biomass at 4.1 GW and hydro at 1.3 GW round out the renewable contribution, bringing the overall renewable share to 48.3%.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a lidded sky the coal fires breathe their ancient carbon into the small hours, while turbines turn unseen on distant ridges, harvesting a restless wind that is not quite enough. The grid reaches across borders in the dark, drawing current like a sleeper drawing breath.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 29%
Wind offshore 2%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 24%
48%
Renewable share
9.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.8 GW
Total generation
-10.4 GW
Net import
112.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.7°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
95.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
364
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes into the black sky, lit from below by amber sodium floodlights; onshore wind 8.9 GW spans the centre-right as a long receding line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the darkness, rotors visibly turning in moderate wind; natural gas 4.8 GW appears centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with twin slender exhaust stacks and a smaller vapour plume, its turbine hall glowing with interior fluorescent light; hard coal 3.6 GW sits behind the brown coal station as a second cluster of rectangular boiler buildings with a single tall chimney trailing thin smoke; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a wood-chip-fed CHP facility in the mid-ground with a conical fuel silo and a modest stack; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small run-of-river weir with illuminated sluice gates in the foreground, river water faintly reflecting industrial lights; offshore wind 0.5 GW is suggested as tiny distant blinking lights on the far horizon. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black at 1 AM, 95% cloud cover making the overcast ceiling low and oppressive — no stars, no moon visible — the heavy atmosphere conveying the high electricity price. Spring foliage on scattered birch and linden trees is barely discernible in the artificial light, leaves fresh green where caught by lamps. The overall mood is weighty and industrial yet grandly composed. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich, dark colour palette of deep indigos, warm ambers, and cool greys, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth achieved through layered haze and steam, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower shell, and exhaust stack, evoking both the sublime scale of Caspar David Friedrich and the industrial precision of Adolph Menzel. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 11 May 2026, 01:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-10T23:20 UTC · Download image