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Grid Poet — 26 May 2026, 23:00
Wind leads at 14.7 GW but thermal plants and 11.8 GW net imports fill a tight nighttime supply gap.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 23:00 on a late-May evening, German consumption sits at 47.7 GW against 35.9 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 11.8 GW of net imports. Wind contributes 14.7 GW combined (onshore 11.4 GW, offshore 3.3 GW), though central German surface wind speeds are negligible at 1 km/h, indicating production is concentrated in coastal and northern regions. Thermal generation is substantial, with brown coal at 5.1 GW, natural gas at 7.3 GW, and hard coal at 3.1 GW collectively providing 15.5 GW to firm up the nighttime baseload. The day-ahead price of 130.5 EUR/MWh reflects the tight supply-demand balance and reliance on expensive marginal gas-fired units to close the gap alongside imports.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a moonless vault the furnaces breathe on, their amber glow the only answer to a land that asks for more than its own fires can give. Far beyond the horizon, unseen turbines harvest a coastal wind this heartland cannot feel.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 32%
Wind offshore 9%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 9%
Brown coal 14%
57%
Renewable share
14.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
35.9 GW
Total generation
-11.7 GW
Net import
130.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.0°C / 1 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
279
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 11.4 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with lattice towers receding across dark rolling farmland, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky; wind offshore 3.3 GW appears as a distant line of turbine silhouettes on a far horizon, tiny red dots marking their nacelles. Natural gas 7.3 GW occupies the centre-left as a cluster of compact CCGT power stations with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin grey plumes lit from below by sodium-orange facility lighting. Brown coal 5.1 GW fills the left foreground as two massive hyperbolic cooling towers releasing luminous white steam columns, floodlit from their bases, beside a conveyor gantry loaded with dark lignite. Hard coal 3.1 GW sits just right of the brown coal complex as a smaller coal-fired station with a single tall chimney and red-lit stack emissions. Biomass 4.1 GW appears as a modest industrial facility with a domed digester and low exhaust, nestled between the coal and gas plants, lit by warm yellow work-lamps. Hydro 1.6 GW is suggested by a concrete dam face visible in a valley gap at far left, a thin cascade of white water catching floodlight. The sky is completely black — no twilight, no moon — a deep oppressive darkness reflecting the high 130.5 EUR/MWh price; scattered low clouds are barely visible, caught by industrial light pollution in a dull orange-grey haze. Temperature is a warm 19°C late-spring night; lush green deciduous trees with full canopy border the scene but are only partially visible in the artificial light. The ground is dark agricultural land, recently ploughed fields and meadow grasses. The atmosphere is heavy and industrially charged. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich, dark palette of blacks, deep blues, amber, and orange; visible impasto brushwork; dramatic chiaroscuro between floodlit industrial structures and surrounding darkness; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and exhaust stack; atmospheric depth achieved through layered haze and diminishing aviation lights. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 26 May 2026, 23:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-26T21:20 UTC · Download image