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Grid Poet — 13 May 2026, 19:00
Wind leads at 12 GW but heavy thermal generation and ~20 GW net imports are needed to meet strong evening demand.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 19:00 on a fully overcast May evening, German generation reaches 39.7 GW against 60.1 GW consumption, requiring approximately 20.4 GW of net imports. Wind onshore contributes 12.0 GW as the single largest source, while brown coal at 7.7 GW, natural gas at 5.7 GW, biomass at 4.4 GW, and hard coal at 4.1 GW provide substantial thermal baseload. Solar output is negligible at 3.9 GW and fading rapidly given 100% cloud cover and near-zero direct radiation at this hour. The day-ahead price of 151.5 EUR/MWh reflects the tight supply-demand balance and heavy reliance on imports and dispatchable thermal capacity to meet early-evening demand.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a leaden sky the turbines hum their vesper hymn, while coal towers exhale pale ghosts into the gathering dusk. The grid stretches its arms wide across borders, drawing borrowed fire to feed sixty billion watts of evening hunger.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 30%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 10%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 19%
56%
Renewable share
12.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
3.9 GW
Solar
39.7 GW
Total generation
-20.5 GW
Net import
151.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.2°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 6.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
307
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 12.0 GW dominates the right third of the scene as dozens of three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles stretching across rolling green hills, blades turning in moderate wind; brown coal 7.7 GW occupies the left quarter as massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes rising into the overcast sky, with conveyor belts carrying lignite visible at ground level; natural gas 5.7 GW appears center-left as compact CCGT power blocks with tall slender exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer; hard coal 4.1 GW sits behind the gas plant as a dark industrial complex with shorter stacks and coal yards; biomass 4.4 GW is rendered center-right as a cluster of wood-chip-fed combined heat and power plants with modest chimneys and timber storage areas; solar 3.9 GW appears as a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-ground, their surfaces dark and reflecting no light under the overcast sky; hydro 1.4 GW is a concrete dam with spillway visible in the far background valley; wind offshore 0.6 GW appears as a tiny cluster of turbines on the distant horizon line. The sky is a dusk scene at 19:00 in May — the lower horizon holds a narrow band of dim orange-red glow rapidly fading, with the rest of the sky filled by heavy, unbroken stratus clouds in deep slate grey, creating a thick oppressive atmosphere reflecting the high electricity price. The landscape is lush mid-spring — fresh green deciduous trees and grass at 10°C, damp air suggesting recent rain. The overall mood is brooding and industrial. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich layered colour, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth, golden-amber artificial lighting beginning to glow from plant windows and sodium streetlamps contrasting against the fading natural light. Meticulous engineering accuracy on all infrastructure. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 13 May 2026, 19:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-13T17:20 UTC · Download image