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Grid Poet — 4 June 2026, 18:00
Strong onshore wind leads generation at 23 GW under full overcast; 6.4 GW net imports cover the evening consumption gap.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 18:00 on a windy, fully overcast June evening, wind generation dominates the German grid at 27.8 GW combined (onshore 23.0 GW, offshore 4.8 GW), while solar contributes a modest 7.9 GW despite the late-setting summer sun, suppressed by total cloud cover and near-zero direct radiation. Renewables account for 89.8% of total domestic generation at 45.9 GW, but consumption at 52.3 GW exceeds domestic output, requiring approximately 6.4 GW of net imports. The day-ahead price of 101.5 EUR/MWh is elevated for such a high renewable share, likely reflecting tight supply conditions across interconnected markets and the residual fossil requirement; brown coal at 2.5 GW and natural gas at 1.7 GW provide baseload and flexibility respectively, with hard coal largely offline at 0.5 GW. Biomass at 3.8 GW and hydro at 1.7 GW round out a dispatch stack where thermal plants operate at minimum levels to manage ramping into the evening demand plateau.
Grid poem Claude AI
A hundred turbines lean into the gale, their pale arms sweeping cloud from hill to vale, while coal's last embers smolder in the grey. The grid drinks deep of wind but still wants more—imports flow like rivers to the shore, as dusk descends on Germany's longest day.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 50%
Wind offshore 10%
Solar 17%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 4%
Hard coal 1%
Brown coal 5%
90%
Renewable share
27.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
7.9 GW
Solar
45.9 GW
Total generation
-6.4 GW
Net import
101.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
17.2°C / 28 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 3.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
71
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 23.0 GW dominates the scene as vast rows of three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles stretching across rolling green hills from centre to far right, their rotors visibly spinning in strong wind; wind offshore 4.8 GW appears as a cluster of taller turbines on the distant horizon over a grey sea visible through a gap in the hills at far right; solar 7.9 GW is represented by fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels in the mid-ground left-of-centre, their surfaces reflecting only flat grey light, no sun glare; biomass 3.8 GW appears as a modest wood-chip power station with a rectangular stack emitting pale exhaust, positioned in the left mid-ground; brown coal 2.5 GW occupies the far left as two hyperbolic concrete cooling towers releasing thick white steam plumes that merge with the overcast sky; hydro 1.7 GW is a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley at lower left with water flowing through spillways; natural gas 1.7 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with a single polished exhaust stack and low rectangular turbine hall near the brown coal facility; hard coal 0.5 GW is a single small dark industrial stack barely visible behind the gas plant. The sky is entirely blanketed in dense, heavy, low stratus clouds with no break, uniformly grey-white, creating a brooding oppressive atmosphere reflecting the high electricity price. The lighting is late dusk at 18:00 in June: a fading warm orange-red glow lines only the lowest sliver of the western horizon at far left, while the rest of the sky grades from steel grey to darkening blue-grey above. Lush green summer vegetation covers the hills — tall grasses bending sharply in the 28 km/h wind, deciduous trees with full canopies swaying. Temperature is mild at 17°C. The atmosphere feels heavy, tense, industrially sublime. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth, Romantic palette of greys, muted greens, and fading amber — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, every cooling tower ribbing, every PV cell grid line. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 4 June 2026, 18:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-06-04T16:20 UTC · Download image