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Grid Poet — 31 May 2026, 02:00
Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate overnight generation as calm winds and zero solar drive 15.3 GW net imports.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 02:00 on a late-May night, German consumption sits at 38.1 GW against 22.8 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 15.3 GW of net imports. Brown coal leads the generation stack at 6.4 GW, followed by wind onshore at 4.0 GW and natural gas at 4.0 GW, with hard coal contributing 2.5 GW. The renewable share of 43.4% is moderate for this hour, held back by zero solar output and low onshore wind speeds of just 0.9 km/h in central Germany, which explains why onshore wind is underperforming relative to installed capacity. The day-ahead price of 125.9 EUR/MWh reflects the heavy reliance on thermal baseload and substantial import volumes needed to cover the gap.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a starless vault of charcoal cloud, the furnaces of lignite breathe their ancient carbon into the still May night, while turbines stand nearly motionless, waiting for a wind that will not come. The grid drinks deep from distant borders, its hunger unquenched by the sleeping sun.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 18%
Wind offshore 2%
Biomass 16%
Hydro 7%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 28%
43%
Renewable share
4.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
22.8 GW
Total generation
-15.3 GW
Net import
125.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.6°C / 1 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
398
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the darkness; wind onshore 4.0 GW appears as a row of tall three-blade turbines on a ridge in the centre-left, their rotors barely turning in the near-calm air; natural gas 4.0 GW occupies the centre as two compact CCGT plants with slender exhaust stacks emitting thin grey plumes; biomass 3.7 GW is rendered centre-right as a smaller industrial facility with a timber-frame fuel store and modest chimney; hard coal 2.5 GW appears to the right as a conventional coal plant with a single large smokestack and conveyor belts; hydro 1.6 GW is depicted in the far right as a concrete dam with water gleaming faintly under sodium light; wind offshore 0.5 GW is suggested on the distant horizon as tiny turbine silhouettes. The time is 2 AM — the sky is completely black with total overcast, no stars, no moon, no twilight glow. All facilities are lit by warm sodium-orange industrial lighting, casting reflections on wet surfaces. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, dense low clouds pressing down on the landscape. Late May vegetation — full dark-green deciduous trees and tall grass — is barely visible in the artificial light. Temperature is mild at 15.6°C with still, humid air. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich deep colour palette of blacks, deep navy, warm amber industrial glow — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 31 May 2026, 02:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-31T00:20 UTC · Download image