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Grid Poet — 11 June 2026, 20:00
Brown coal, gas, and imports dominate as overcast skies and evening hour suppress solar, driving prices to 175 EUR/MWh.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 20:00 on a June evening, German domestic generation totals 30.2 GW against 58.0 GW consumption, requiring approximately 27.8 GW of net imports. Brown coal leads thermal generation at 6.4 GW, followed by natural gas at 6.0 GW and hard coal at 1.9 GW, reflecting the high residual load of 27.7 GW under full overcast and fading solar output at just 2.0 GW. Wind contributes a combined 7.9 GW onshore and offshore, modest given the moderate 12.1 km/h wind speeds. The day-ahead price of 174.9 EUR/MWh is elevated but consistent with a high-import evening hour where substantial thermal and cross-border capacity is being called upon to meet demand.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a sunless dome the furnaces exhale, coal towers breathing slow against the falling night, while turbine blades stir restless air across the dale. The grid stretches its iron arms toward distant light, pulling power from beyond the border's veil.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 20%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 7%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 7%
Natural gas 20%
Hard coal 6%
Brown coal 21%
53%
Renewable share
7.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.0 GW
Solar
30.2 GW
Total generation
-27.7 GW
Net import
174.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.6°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 30.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
317
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 6.4 GW dominates the left quarter as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into darkness; natural gas 6.0 GW occupies the centre-left as a pair of CCGT power plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin pale vapour, lit by sodium-orange facility lights; wind onshore 6.2 GW spans the right third as a line of dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers across rolling green hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 1.7 GW appears as a distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon over a dark sea; biomass 4.0 GW sits centre-right as a medium-sized industrial plant with cylindrical silos and a low chimney releasing faint smoke; hydro 2.1 GW is represented by a concrete dam with spillway in the middle distance, water gleaming faintly; hard coal 1.9 GW appears as a smaller coal plant with conveyor belts and a single rectangular stack near the brown coal towers; solar 2.0 GW is shown as a field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the foreground, but they are dark and inert, reflecting no sunlight. The sky is completely dark — deep navy to black, no twilight glow, no sunset remnants — it is 20:00 in June, fully night. Complete overcast: a heavy, oppressive ceiling of thick clouds barely visible against the dark sky, lit from below by the orange-sodium industrial glow of the power plants. The atmosphere feels dense and weighty, reflecting the 174.9 EUR/MWh price. Temperature is mild at 15.6°C; lush early-summer vegetation — green grass, leafy deciduous trees — is barely discernible in the industrial light. Moderate wind suggested by gently swaying tree branches. High-voltage transmission pylons with sagging cables recede into the distance, symbolising the massive import flows. 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 charcoal greys, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro from artificial light against enveloping darkness, atmospheric depth and haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower rib, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 11 June 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-06-11T18:20 UTC · Download image