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Grid Poet — 13 June 2026, 00:00
Strong overnight wind dominates at 23.3 GW, but 5.3 GW net imports are needed to meet 44.5 GW demand.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At midnight on 13 June, German consumption stands at 44.5 GW against 39.2 GW of domestic generation, resulting in net imports of approximately 5.3 GW. Wind provides the backbone of supply, with onshore wind at 20.1 GW and offshore at 3.2 GW combining for 23.3 GW, while lignite contributes a steady 5.6 GW baseload. The renewable share of 74.6% is strong for a nighttime hour, though the day-ahead price of 87.1 EUR/MWh reflects the import requirement and the need for thermal capacity to fill the gap. Gas (3.0 GW), hard coal (1.3 GW), biomass (4.0 GW), and hydro (2.0 GW) round out the generation stack in supporting roles.
Grid poem Claude AI
A thousand blades carve the midnight wind, their tireless hymn swallowing the dark — yet the grid still hungers, and the old furnaces of lignite glow red beneath an overcast sky, feeding what the storm alone cannot. The price of keeping the lights lit hangs heavy as the clouds that smother every star.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 51%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 8%
Hard coal 3%
Brown coal 14%
75%
Renewable share
23.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
39.2 GW
Total generation
-5.3 GW
Net import
87.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.8°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
99.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
180
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 20.1 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of towering three-blade turbines with white cylindrical nacelles and lattice towers stretching across rolling central German hills, rotors visibly spinning in moderate wind. Brown coal 5.6 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lights. Biomass 4.0 GW appears as a mid-ground industrial facility with a tall exhaust stack and glowing furnace windows, wood-chip conveyors faintly visible. Wind offshore 3.2 GW is suggested by distant turbines on the far horizon line. Natural gas 3.0 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and heat-recovery unit, situated mid-left with warm interior lighting. Hydro 2.0 GW appears as a concrete dam structure in a valley at far right with water cascading and small lights along the spillway. Hard coal 1.3 GW is a smaller power station with a single smokestack near the lignite complex. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, midnight hour, 99% cloud cover obscuring all stars and moon — a thick oppressive overcast ceiling pressing down. No sunlight, no twilight, no sky glow whatsoever. The only illumination comes from sodium-orange streetlights along access roads, red aviation warning lights blinking atop turbine nacelles, and the industrial glow of the thermal plants. The atmosphere is heavy and humid, suggesting an elevated electricity price — the clouds feel dense and low. Lush green summer vegetation covers the hillsides, trees fully leafed at 14.8°C. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich dark palette of Prussian blues, lamp blacks, and warm industrial oranges, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric chiaroscuro depth — yet every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and gas-turbine exhaust stack is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 13 June 2026, 00:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-06-12T22:20 UTC · Download image