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Grid Poet — 1 June 2026, 22:00
Brown coal and gas dominate at 16 GW combined as calm, overcast night drives heavy imports of 23.5 GW.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 22:00 on a mild summer evening, German domestic generation totals 27.8 GW against 51.3 GW consumption, requiring approximately 23.5 GW of net imports. Brown coal and natural gas each contribute 8.0 GW, together accounting for 57% of domestic output and serving as the primary thermal backbone under negligible wind (2.0 GW combined) and zero solar conditions. Biomass at 4.1 GW and hard coal at 3.7 GW provide supplementary baseload, while the renewable share sits at 29.0%, carried almost entirely by biomass and hydro. The day-ahead price of 222.5 EUR/MWh reflects the heavy reliance on imports and expensive thermal dispatch during a period of very low renewable availability and still-elevated evening demand.
Grid poem Claude AI
The turbines stand still beneath a shrouded night, while ancient seams of coal burn bright to fill the void that wind and sun have left behind. Import cables hum with borrowed current, stitching the grid together across borders unseen.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 6%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 7%
Natural gas 29%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 29%
29%
Renewable share
2.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
27.8 GW
Total generation
-23.6 GW
Net import
222.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.6°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
81.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
478
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick white steam plumes into the dark sky; natural gas 8.0 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall slender exhaust stacks emitting faint heat shimmer, lit by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; biomass 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a wood-chip-fed power station with conveyor belts and a modest smokestack, warm light glowing from its operational windows; hard coal 3.7 GW sits further right as a traditional coal plant with a single large chimney and coal bunkers, illuminated by white security lights; hydro 1.9 GW is depicted as a concrete dam spillway in the right background, water faintly reflecting artificial light; wind onshore 1.6 GW appears as a small cluster of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, rotors nearly motionless in the still air, red aviation lights blinking; wind offshore 0.4 GW is a barely visible pair of turbines on the far horizon. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, heavy 81% cloud cover making the sky a featureless dark blanket with no stars. The atmosphere is oppressive and heavy, reflecting the extreme 222.5 EUR/MWh price — haze clings to the cooling towers, the air feels thick and weighty. Temperature is a mild 17.6°C early June night; lush green deciduous trees and grass visible at ground level under floodlights. A broad river in the foreground reflects the orange and white industrial lights. Power transmission lines with lattice pylons stretch across the scene carrying imported electricity. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark colour palette of deep blues, burnt oranges, and industrial greys, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering detail on all turbine nacelles, cooling tower geometries, and CCGT stacks. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 1 June 2026, 22:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-06-01T20:20 UTC · Download image