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Grid Poet — 14 May 2026, 00:00
Wind onshore leads at 14 GW but thermal plants and net imports of 5.5 GW are needed to meet overnight demand.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At midnight on 14 May, German consumption stands at 43.8 GW against 38.3 GW of domestic generation, resulting in a net import of approximately 5.5 GW. Wind onshore provides the largest single source at 14.0 GW, while the thermal fleet contributes substantially: brown coal at 7.7 GW, natural gas at 6.0 GW, and hard coal at 4.3 GW, reflecting the absence of solar output and the need to cover overnight baseload. The day-ahead price of 130.5 EUR/MWh is elevated for a nighttime hour, consistent with the import requirement, firm thermal dispatch, and moderate but not exceptional wind output. The renewable share of 52.8% is maintained primarily by onshore wind and biomass (4.3 GW), a reasonable overnight profile for a spring night with steady but unspectacular wind conditions.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a sealed and starless sky the coal fires breathe their ancient warmth, while wind turbines carve slow arcs through the dark spring air. The grid reaches across borders for the gigawatts it cannot summon from within, and the price of midnight burns quietly higher.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 36%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 20%
53%
Renewable share
14.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.3 GW
Total generation
-5.5 GW
Net import
130.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.0°C / 17 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
94.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
327
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.7 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers, their steam plumes rising pale against a pitch-black sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 6.0 GW occupies the left-centre as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin grey plumes, their metallic housings glinting under harsh white facility lights; hard coal 4.3 GW appears centre-right as a pair of older boiler houses with wide chimneys and conveyor gantries, coal piles faintly visible under amber spotlights; biomass 4.3 GW is rendered as a mid-sized wood-chip-fed power station with a distinctive domed fuel silo and thin white stack, warmly illuminated; wind onshore 14.0 GW spans the entire right half and background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the darkness, rotors turning at moderate speed in the 17 km/h breeze; wind offshore 0.6 GW appears as a tiny distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon above a dark sea sliver; hydro 1.4 GW is suggested by a concrete dam structure in the middle distance with a small floodlit spillway. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no moon visible, 94% cloud cover blocking all stars — a heavy, oppressive overcast ceiling pressing down, conveying the weight of the 130.5 EUR/MWh price. The season is mid-May but the 7°C chill is shown through bare-branched undergrowth and damp ground near the foreground. No solar panels anywhere, no sunlight. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts between the glowing industrial facilities and the surrounding darkness, atmospheric depth with layers of haze and steam, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower shell, and gas turbine exhaust stack. The mood is brooding and industrially sublime, not alarming. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 14 May 2026, 00:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-13T22:20 UTC · Download image