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Grid Poet — 3 June 2026, 04:00
Onshore wind leads at 15.5 GW but thermal plants and net imports cover a tight nighttime supply gap.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 04:00 on a June night, Germany draws 45.9 GW against 37.3 GW of domestic generation, implying roughly 8.6 GW of net imports. Wind onshore at 15.5 GW provides the backbone of supply, complemented by 2.3 GW offshore, while solar contributes nothing at this hour. Thermal baseload is substantial: brown coal delivers 7.6 GW, hard coal 3.1 GW, and natural gas 3.5 GW, collectively filling the gap left by the absence of solar and the moderate wind output. The day-ahead price of 107.2 EUR/MWh is elevated for a nighttime hour, reflecting the tight supply-demand balance and the need for significant imports and thermal dispatch to meet load.
Grid poem Claude AI
The coal furnaces breathe low beneath a starless canopy, their ancient glow holding the line while the wind sings restlessly across darkened plains. Germany draws power from beyond its borders, a nocturnal thirst that no turbine alone can quench.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 41%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 0%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 20%
62%
Renewable share
17.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.3 GW
Total generation
-8.5 GW
Net import
107.2 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.1°C / 16 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
98.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
274
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 15.5 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling hills, their rotors turning steadily in moderate wind; brown coal 7.6 GW occupies 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 lights; natural gas 3.5 GW appears centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with twin exhaust stacks venting thin vapour; hard coal 3.1 GW sits beside it as a blocky power station with a tall rectangular chimney; biomass 3.7 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a single exhaust stack glowing faintly; wind offshore 2.3 GW appears as distant turbines on the far-right horizon standing in a dark sea barely visible; hydro 1.8 GW is suggested by a concrete dam structure in the middle distance with water gleaming under facility lights. Time is 04:00 — the sky is completely black with no twilight, no sky glow, only deep navy-black darkness overhead with faint stars obscured by 98% cloud cover forming a heavy, oppressive overcast ceiling. All illumination comes from artificial sources: sodium streetlights cast amber pools along access roads, industrial floodlights pick out cooling towers and plant structures, control room windows glow warmly. The atmosphere is heavy and close, temperature mild at 13°C with lush early-summer vegetation — deciduous trees in full leaf, tall grass swaying in the wind — all rendered in dark tones. High electricity price conveyed through a thick, pressing atmosphere with low dense clouds seeming to weigh upon the landscape. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts, atmospheric depth receding into misty industrial distance — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, every cooling tower's hyperbolic curve, every CCGT exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 3 June 2026, 04:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-06-03T02:20 UTC · Download image