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Grid Poet — 14 May 2026, 21:00
Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate as wind stalls and solar is absent, driving 20 GW of net imports at high prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 21:00 on a cool May evening, Germany's domestic generation of 27.8 GW covers only 58% of the 47.8 GW consumption, requiring approximately 20.0 GW of net imports. Solar contributes nothing after sunset, and onshore and offshore wind together deliver just 4.4 GW under near-calm conditions (3.4 km/h). Thermal baseload dominates: brown coal leads at 7.3 GW, followed by natural gas at 6.1 GW, hard coal at 4.1 GW, and biomass at 4.5 GW. The day-ahead price of 152.2 EUR/MWh reflects the tight domestic supply-demand balance, high thermal dispatch costs, and heavy reliance on imports during a wind-poor, post-sunset period.
Grid poem Claude AI
The turbines stand like silent monks in windless dark, their blades unturned, while coal fires rage beneath a starless vault to feed a nation's hunger with ancient buried flame. Across the borders, rivers of electrons flow inward through the night, drawn by the fierce gravity of price and need.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 8%
Wind offshore 8%
Solar 0%
Biomass 16%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 22%
Hard coal 15%
Brown coal 26%
37%
Renewable share
4.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
27.8 GW
Total generation
-20.0 GW
Net import
152.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.8°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
98.0% / 2.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
433
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.3 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into a pitch-black, overcast night sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps illuminating the sprawling lignite plant infrastructure. Natural gas 6.1 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks venting shimmering heat, their facades glowing under industrial floodlights. Hard coal 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a dark angular power station with conveyor belts and a tall chimney stack emitting a faint grey plume, illuminated by harsh white security lights. Biomass 4.5 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with rounded storage silos and a modest smokestack, warm amber light spilling from its windows, positioned between the coal and gas plants. Wind onshore 2.2 GW appears as a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge at far right, their rotors barely turning in the still air, red aviation warning lights blinking atop nacelles. Wind offshore 2.2 GW is suggested by a faint line of blinking red lights on the far horizon beyond a dark coastal strip. Hydro 1.4 GW is a small concrete dam structure visible at the far left edge, water glinting under a single floodlight. The sky is completely black with dense 98% cloud cover—no stars, no moon, no twilight glow—a heavy, oppressive atmosphere reflecting the 152.2 EUR/MWh price. The landscape is a cool early-spring German lowland with sparse fresh green vegetation just emerging, temperature around 8°C suggested by a slight mist hanging low over damp ground. The air is utterly still. Transmission line towers with high-voltage cables stretch across the middle ground, symbolizing the massive import flows. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art—rich, dark tones of Prussian blue, lamp-black, and burnt sienna, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro from industrial lighting against the void of night, atmospheric depth receding into murky darkness. Meticulous engineering detail on every facility: lattice tower structures, turbine nacelle housings, cooling tower reinforced concrete ribs, aluminium ductwork on CCGT units. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 14 May 2026, 21:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-14T19:20 UTC · Download image