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Grid Poet — 31 May 2026, 19:00
Brown coal, onshore wind, and solar lead generation as 18.3 GW of net imports cover an overcast evening shortfall.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 19:00 on a late May evening, German consumption stands at 49.8 GW against 31.5 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 18.3 GW of net imports. Renewables contribute 19.2 GW (61.1% of generation), led by onshore wind at 8.3 GW and solar providing a residual 5.1 GW as the sun sets behind full overcast. Brown coal at 6.8 GW remains the largest single thermal source, supplemented by 3.4 GW of natural gas and 2.0 GW of hard coal, reflecting the need to backstop a substantial import requirement. The day-ahead price of 141.4 EUR/MWh is elevated, consistent with the wide gap between load and domestic supply under overcast, moderately windy conditions.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a lidded sky, the turbines hum their vesper song while lignite towers exhale pale columns into the grey. The grid stretches its arms across borders, drawing current from distant lands to feed an evening that refuses to yield its light.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 26%
Wind offshore 0%
Solar 16%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 11%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 22%
61%
Renewable share
8.4 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
5.1 GW
Solar
31.5 GW
Total generation
-18.3 GW
Net import
141.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
18.7°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 2.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
279
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 6.8 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the overcast; onshore wind 8.3 GW spans the centre-right as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers across rolling green hills, rotors turning steadily in moderate wind; solar 5.1 GW appears in the centre-left as expansive fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels reflecting only dull grey sky, no sunlight glinting; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial facility with a tall exhaust stack and wood-chip storage silos; natural gas 3.4 GW sits as a compact CCGT plant with twin exhaust stacks and a smaller cooling unit emitting thin vapour; hard coal 2.0 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired station with a single large smokestack and conveyor belts; hydro 1.7 GW is shown as a modest dam and spillway nestled in a wooded valley at the far right edge; wind offshore 0.1 GW is barely hinted at as a single distant offshore turbine silhouette on a sliver of grey sea at the horizon. The sky is late dusk at 19:00 in late May — a thin band of warm amber-orange glow sits along the lowest horizon line, rapidly giving way to steel-grey and slate-blue overcast above, with 100% cloud cover creating a heavy oppressive ceiling reflecting the high electricity price. The landscape is lush late-spring central German terrain: bright green deciduous forests, fresh meadow grass, wildflowers. Temperature 18.7°C suggests mild, humid air with a slight haze. The atmosphere is weighty and brooding, the clouds pressing down. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich saturated colour, visible confident brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth, chiaroscuro contrasts between the warm industrial glow and the darkening sky. Each technology is painted with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles and rotor hubs, PV panel grid lines, cooling tower parabolic profiles, conveyor structures. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 31 May 2026, 19:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-31T17:20 UTC · Download image