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Grid Poet — 31 May 2026, 21:00
Brown coal, onshore wind, and gas dominate as solar and offshore wind vanish under full overcast at nightfall.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 21:00 on a late-May evening, Germany's domestic generation of 28.7 GW covers only 60% of the 48.1 GW consumption, requiring approximately 19.4 GW of net imports. Brown coal leads the generation stack at 7.1 GW, followed by onshore wind at 8.4 GW and natural gas at 4.7 GW; offshore wind and solar are essentially absent, consistent with full overcast and post-sunset conditions. The day-ahead price of 156 EUR/MWh reflects the tight supply-demand balance, elevated thermal dispatch, and substantial import dependency. The renewable share of 50.7% is supported almost entirely by onshore wind and biomass, with hydro contributing a modest 1.7 GW.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a sealed and starless vault, the furnaces of lignite breathe their ancient carbon skyward while turbines on distant ridges turn their slow, defiant arcs against the dark. The grid groans under the weight of absence — no sun, no offshore gale — only the stubborn hum of coal and the whispered negotiations of imported electrons.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 29%
Wind offshore 0%
Solar 0%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 25%
51%
Renewable share
8.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.1 GW
Solar
28.7 GW
Total generation
-19.4 GW
Net import
156.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.4°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
344
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 7.1 GW dominates the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; onshore wind 8.4 GW spans the right third of the composition as a long ridge of three-blade turbines with lattice towers, their rotors turning moderately in the breeze, silhouetted against the night sky with red aviation warning lights blinking; natural gas 4.7 GW occupies the center-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by facility lighting; biomass 4.2 GW appears center-right as a wood-chip-fed industrial plant with a squat smokestack and conveyor belt, warmly lit; hard coal 2.3 GW sits beside the lignite station as a smaller coal-fired plant with a single square cooling tower; hydro 1.7 GW is rendered as a concrete dam in the middle distance with spillway water catching reflected light. The sky is completely dark — deep black-navy, no twilight, no sky glow, fully overcast with no stars or moon visible, a heavy oppressive ceiling of cloud pressing down. The landscape is late-spring central German rolling hills with lush green vegetation dimly visible under artificial light. Warm 17°C evening air is suggested by open windows in a small village in the valley with glowing amber lights. The overall atmosphere is heavy and industrial, reflecting the high electricity price. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich dark palette of deep blues, warm oranges, and sulphurous yellows, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro contrast between glowing industrial facilities and the surrounding darkness. Meticulous engineering detail on all energy infrastructure. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 31 May 2026, 21:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-31T19:20 UTC · Download image