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Grid Poet — 12 May 2026, 20:00
Wind leads at 19.5 GW but heavy thermal dispatch and ~14.8 GW net imports fill overcast evening demand at 143 EUR/MWh.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 20:00 on a fully overcast May evening, Germany faces a significant generation shortfall: domestic supply totals 43.9 GW against 58.7 GW consumption, requiring approximately 14.8 GW of net imports. Wind generation is solid at 19.5 GW combined (onshore 15.4, offshore 4.1), forming the backbone of supply, while solar has effectively dropped out at 0.7 GW as sunset has passed. Thermal plants are running heavily — brown coal at 7.6 GW, natural gas at 5.7 GW, and hard coal at 4.4 GW — reflecting the high residual load of 14.9 GW and contributing to the elevated day-ahead price of 143 EUR/MWh. The price level, while high, is consistent with an evening peak under overcast skies and moderate wind that cannot fully displace conventional generation or eliminate import dependency.
Grid poem Claude AI
The turbines turn against a starless vault, their blades carving darkness while furnaces below breathe amber smoke into a sky that refuses to relent. Fourteen gigawatts cross invisible borders like silent tributaries feeding a river that never rests.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 35%
Wind offshore 9%
Solar 2%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 17%
60%
Renewable share
19.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.7 GW
Solar
43.9 GW
Total generation
-14.9 GW
Net import
143.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.7°C / 15 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 5.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
281
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 15.4 GW dominates the right half and background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white lattice towers stretching across dark rolling hills, blades turning in moderate wind; brown coal 7.6 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 5.7 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin grey plumes; hard coal 4.4 GW sits behind the gas plant as a smaller station with rectangular boiler houses and a single large smokestack; biomass 4.5 GW is rendered centre-right as a modest wood-fired plant with a corrugated-metal building and short chimney trailing wispy smoke; wind offshore 4.1 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon above a faintly visible coastline; hydro 1.4 GW is suggested by a small dam and spillway in the middle distance; solar 0.7 GW is represented only by a few barely visible dark panel arrays in a field, unlit and inactive. TIME: 20:00 in May — fully dark night sky, deep navy-black, no twilight glow, no sunset remnants. The sky is completely overcast with thick low clouds faintly illuminated from below by the industrial glow of the coal and gas plants. The atmosphere is heavy, oppressive, and humid, reflecting the high electricity price. Temperature around 9°C: spring vegetation is green but muted, grass and young leaves on scattered trees barely visible in artificial light. Sodium streetlights cast amber pools along an access road winding between the facilities. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines cross the scene, symbolizing the grid's import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette dominated by deep blues, warm ambers, and coal-smoke greys; visible expressive brushwork; atmospheric depth with industrial haze softening the distant turbines; meticulous engineering accuracy on turbine nacelles, cooling tower geometry, CCGT stacks, and power lines. The mood is solemn, industrial, and grand — a masterwork painting of the modern energy landscape at night. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 12 May 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-12T18:20 UTC · Download image