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Grid Poet — 13 May 2026, 20:00
Evening import dependency as brown coal, gas, and onshore wind anchor domestic supply under heavy cloud cover.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 20:00 on a mid-May evening, German domestic generation reaches 36.9 GW against consumption of 58.7 GW, requiring approximately 21.8 GW of net imports. Wind onshore provides the largest single renewable contribution at 11.8 GW, but solar has effectively ceased at 0.7 GW under 96% cloud cover after sunset. Thermal generation is substantial: brown coal leads at 7.7 GW, followed by natural gas at 6.1 GW and hard coal at 4.1 GW, reflecting the high residual load of 21.8 GW. The day-ahead price of 171.3 EUR/MWh is elevated, consistent with the large import requirement and heavy reliance on dispatchable fossil units during evening peak demand.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a starless canopy of cloud, the turbines moan into the dark while furnaces of ancient coal breathe their amber glow across the Rhineland plain. The grid stretches its arms across borders, drawing power from distant lands to feed the evening hunger of fifty million hearths.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 32%
Wind offshore 2%
Solar 2%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 21%
52%
Renewable share
12.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.7 GW
Solar
36.9 GW
Total generation
-21.8 GW
Net import
171.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
9.4°C / 17 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
96.0% / 6.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
336
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 11.8 GW dominates the right third of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers stretching across rolling farmland, rotors spinning in moderate wind; brown coal 7.7 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, glowing from orange sodium lights at their base; natural gas 6.1 GW appears left of centre as a compact CCGT facility with tall slender exhaust stacks and illuminated turbine halls; hard coal 4.1 GW sits beside it as a darker, blockier power station with conveyor belts and a single large chimney; biomass 4.5 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a timber-clad facade and short stacks near centre-right; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small concrete dam structure with lit spillway at the far right edge; wind offshore 0.6 GW is barely visible as a few distant turbines on the far horizon. The sky is completely dark — deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, heavy 96% overcast obscuring all stars. The atmosphere is oppressive and heavy, reflecting the 171.3 EUR/MWh price. All facilities are lit by sodium-orange and white industrial lighting, casting pools of warm light on wet spring grass and bare soil. Temperature is cool at 9.4°C; vegetation is fresh spring green but only visible where light catches it. No solar panels anywhere. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between artificial lights and surrounding darkness, atmospheric depth with mist curling around cooling towers, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 13 May 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-13T18:20 UTC · Download image