🎉 Grid Poet just got an upgrade! Faster data, better charts. Welcome to the new version. 🌱⚡
Grid Poet — 13 May 2026, 03:00
Strong onshore wind leads at 19.1 GW; coal and gas backfill the nighttime baseload under full overcast.
Back
Grid analysis Claude AI
At 03:00 on 13 May, the German grid is effectively balanced at 45.5–45.6 GW with a negligible net export of 0.1 GW. Wind generation is the dominant source at 22.8 GW combined (onshore 19.1, offshore 3.7), reflecting sustained moderate-to-strong winds across central Germany. Thermal baseload remains substantial: brown coal at 7.6 GW, natural gas at 5.4 GW, and hard coal at 4.2 GW collectively provide 17.2 GW, reflecting both contractual obligations and the absence of solar at this hour. The day-ahead price of 107.4 EUR/MWh is elevated for a nighttime hour, likely driven by high gas prices feeding through to merit-order clearing despite the strong wind contribution, and possibly reflecting tight conditions in neighboring markets.
Grid poem Claude AI
A thousand blades carve the dark spring night, their tireless hymn stitched into clouds that smother every star. Below, the coal furnaces breathe amber through the blackness—ancient fire holding vigil while the wind commands the hour.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 42%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 12%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 17%
62%
Renewable share
22.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
45.6 GW
Total generation
+0.1 GW
Net export
107.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.5°C / 20 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
99.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
264
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 19.1 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of towering three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles, their rotors spinning briskly in strong wind, arrayed across rolling farmland receding into atmospheric depth. Brown coal 7.6 GW occupies the far left as a cluster of massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes that merge into the overcast, lit from below by orange sodium facility lighting. Natural gas 5.4 GW appears left-of-centre as a pair of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, their metal cladding catching amber industrial floodlights. Hard coal 4.2 GW sits between the lignite plant and the gas units, rendered as a conventional boiler house with a single large smokestack and conveyor belts feeding a dark coal pile. Biomass 4.1 GW is a modest wood-chip-fired plant with a short stack and a dome-roofed fuel storage hall, positioned in the middle ground, warm light leaking from its service bay doors. Hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small concrete run-of-river weir and powerhouse at the base of the valley in the lower-left foreground, water faintly gleaming. Wind offshore 3.7 GW is suggested on the far-right horizon as a faint line of aviation-warning red lights marking turbines at sea. The time is 3 AM: the sky is completely black, deep navy at the zenith, with total 99% cloud cover—no stars, no moon, no twilight—only the heavy oppressive overcast ceiling reflecting the diffuse orange-sodium glow of industrial areas below. The atmosphere feels dense and heavy, conveying the high electricity price. Spring vegetation: fresh green grass and young leaf canopy on scattered deciduous trees, but all colour is muted under artificial light. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—rich, moody colour palette of deep indigo, burnt umber, ochre, and slate grey; visible impasto brushwork; dramatic chiaroscuro from industrial lighting against absolute night; atmospheric aerial perspective creating depth across the wide panorama. Every technology is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine blade profiles, cooling tower parabolic geometry, CCGT exhaust diffusers, coal conveyor trusses. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 13 May 2026, 03:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-13T01:20 UTC · Download image