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Grid Poet — 11 May 2026, 21:00
Wind leads at 25.5 GW but 11.2 GW net imports are needed as coal and gas firm a tight evening grid.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 21:00 on a cool May evening, Germany's grid draws 57.1 GW against 45.9 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 11.2 GW of net imports. Wind is the dominant source at 25.5 GW combined (onshore 19.6 GW, offshore 5.9 GW), delivering a 67.9% renewable share despite zero solar output after sunset. Thermal baseload remains substantial: brown coal at 7.6 GW, hard coal at 3.8 GW, and natural gas at 3.3 GW collectively provide 14.7 GW to firm the evening demand plateau. The day-ahead price of 127.9 EUR/MWh reflects the tight supply-demand balance and the marginal cost of coal and gas units dispatched to cover the import-dependent residual load.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a starless vault of iron cloud, the turbines howl their ceaseless hymn while coal fires glow like ancient altars, burning to bridge what the absent sun cannot give. The grid stretches taut as a wire in the dark, humming with the borrowed strength of distant lands.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 43%
Wind offshore 13%
Solar 0%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 17%
68%
Renewable share
25.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
45.9 GW
Total generation
-11.2 GW
Net import
127.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.4°C / 13 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
234
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 19.6 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling hills into the distance, rotors spinning vigorously in moderate wind; wind offshore 5.9 GW appears as a cluster of larger turbines on the far-right horizon above a dark sea; brown coal 7.6 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers issuing thick white steam plumes into the night air, lit from below by amber sodium lamps; hard coal 3.8 GW sits just right of the brown coal plant as a smaller coal station with a single tall chimney and conveyor belt structures; natural gas 3.3 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with a single slender exhaust stack and a visible heat shimmer, positioned centre-left; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and a modest smokestack near the centre; hydro 1.6 GW is depicted as a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley in the centre-right middle distance. The scene is set at 21:00 in May — fully dark night sky, no twilight, no sky glow, deep black-navy heavens with 100% cloud cover obscuring all stars. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting a high electricity price — low clouds press down on the landscape, tinted orange-grey by industrial light pollution from the coal plants. The temperature is a cool 7°C; spring vegetation on the hills is fresh green but muted in darkness, with bare patches of ploughed earth visible. Sodium streetlights line a road winding through the scene. All rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich, dark palette of indigo, amber, and slate grey, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and smokestack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 11 May 2026, 21:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-11T19:20 UTC · Download image