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Grid Poet — 19 May 2026, 19:00
Brown coal and gas dominate evening generation as heavy overcast and high imports drive prices to 172.5 EUR/MWh.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 19:00 on a May evening, German consumption stands at 59.0 GW against domestic generation of 37.1 GW, requiring approximately 21.9 GW of net imports. Renewables contribute 17.1 GW (46.2% of generation), with wind onshore and offshore providing 7.0 GW combined, solar delivering a modest 4.4 GW as the sun sets under full overcast, and biomass adding a steady 4.4 GW. Thermal plants are running hard: brown coal leads at 9.5 GW, supplemented by natural gas at 6.2 GW and hard coal at 4.2 GW, reflecting the need to fill the gap left by fading solar and moderate wind. The day-ahead price of 172.5 EUR/MWh is elevated but consistent with a high-import, thermally-dominated evening hour under overcast spring conditions.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a sunless canopy the furnaces of lignite breathe their ancient carbon skyward, while distant turbines turn in muted prayer. The grid stretches hungry across borders, drawing current like a river drawing rain from clouds it cannot see.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 13%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 12%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 26%
46%
Renewable share
7.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
4.4 GW
Solar
37.1 GW
Total generation
-21.9 GW
Net import
172.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.5°C / 11 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 31.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
378
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 9.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a vast complex of hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into overcast sky; natural gas 6.2 GW fills the centre-left as a cluster of modern CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks and visible heat shimmer; hard coal 4.2 GW appears centre-right as a smaller conventional power station with rectangular chimneys and conveyor belts feeding dark fuel; wind onshore 4.8 GW spans the right third as a row of three-blade turbines on lattice towers turning slowly in light wind across rolling green spring hills; wind offshore 2.2 GW is suggested by distant turbines visible on a grey horizon line where land meets hazy sea; solar 4.4 GW appears as a field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the middle ground, their surfaces dull and unreflective under the thick clouds; biomass 4.4 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a single moderate smokestack with pale exhaust; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small concrete run-of-river dam with white water spilling, tucked into a forested valley at far right. The sky is entirely overcast at 100% cloud cover, late dusk at 19:00 in May — a narrow band of dull amber-orange light glows along the lowest horizon, but the sky above is heavy slate-grey darkening rapidly to near-charcoal at the zenith, creating a brooding, oppressive atmosphere reflecting the high electricity price. Spring vegetation: fresh bright-green deciduous trees and meadow grasses at 15.5°C. Light wind barely moves the tree canopy. The atmosphere feels thick and pressurised. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial realism — with rich, moody colour palette of greys, ochres, and muted greens, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and haze between foreground industry and distant turbines, meticulous engineering detail on every technology. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 19 May 2026, 19:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-19T17:20 UTC · Download image