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Grid Poet — 25 May 2026, 22:00
Coal, gas, and wind share generation while 16.8 GW of net imports fill the evening demand gap at high prices.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 22:00 on a late-May evening, German consumption stands at 44.0 GW against 27.2 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 16.8 GW of net imports. Renewables contribute 12.8 GW (46.9% of generation), led by 6.9 GW combined wind and 4.3 GW biomass, while solar is absent at this hour. Thermal baseload is substantial, with brown coal at 5.9 GW, natural gas at 5.3 GW, and hard coal at 3.3 GW collectively providing 14.5 GW. The day-ahead price of 157.3 EUR/MWh reflects the tight supply-demand balance and heavy reliance on imports and dispatchable thermal units during this evening demand period.
Grid poem Claude AI
The turbines turn beneath a moonless vault, their whispered arcs outnumbered by the furnaces that gorge on ancient seams to feed the sprawling dark. Coal smoke and imported current braid together through the wires, a costly river flowing toward ten million glowing windows.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 20%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 16%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 22%
47%
Renewable share
6.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
27.2 GW
Total generation
-16.8 GW
Net import
157.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
20.6°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
44.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
363
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 5.9 GW dominates the left quarter as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the black night sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 5.3 GW occupies the left-centre as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by harsh white security lighting; wind onshore 5.5 GW spans the centre-right as a row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the deep-navy darkness, blades turning moderately in 12 km/h winds; hard coal 3.3 GW appears at the far right as a coal-fired station with a single large stack and conveyor belts, glowing furnace light visible through openings; biomass 4.3 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a rounded biomass storage dome and a modest stack, warmly lit; wind offshore 1.4 GW is suggested by distant tiny red lights on the far horizon line; hydro 1.6 GW appears as a concrete dam structure with spillway illuminated by floodlights in the middle distance. The sky is completely black with no twilight, scattered stars visible through 44% cloud gaps, a warm late-spring atmosphere with lush green deciduous trees in the foreground barely visible in amber streetlight glow. The overall atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the 157.3 EUR/MWh price — thick industrial haze softening all artificial light into halos. No solar panels visible, no sunshine. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark palette of deep navy, burnt umber, cadmium orange, and lamp black, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the inky sky and the furnace-lit industrial structures, atmospheric depth with haze layers. Each energy technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, aluminium-framed structures, cooling tower parabolic profiles with condensation plumes, CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 25 May 2026, 22:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-25T20:20 UTC · Download image