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Grid Poet — 13 June 2026, 01:00
Strong overnight wind supplies 61% of generation while brown coal and net imports cover the remaining 42.4 GW demand.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 01:00 CEST, Germany's grid draws 42.4 GW against 38.8 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 3.6 GW of net imports to balance the system. Wind dominates with 23.8 GW combined onshore and offshore, providing the backbone of overnight supply at 61% of total generation. Brown coal contributes a steady 5.7 GW of baseload, with biomass at 3.8 GW and natural gas at 2.7 GW filling the thermal complement. The day-ahead price of 74 EUR/MWh is moderately elevated for a nighttime hour, reflecting the import requirement and the dispatch of relatively expensive gas-fired units to supplement wind-heavy but still insufficient domestic output.
Grid poem Claude AI
The turbines churn through curtains of cloud and dark, their restless arms claiming the lion's share of a sleeping nation's hunger. Beneath them, ancient lignite fires glow in stolid patience, filling the gap where moonlight cannot reach.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 51%
Wind offshore 10%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 7%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 15%
76%
Renewable share
23.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.8 GW
Total generation
-3.6 GW
Net import
74.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.3°C / 14 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
95.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
172
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 19.9 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as vast ranks of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling hills into the darkness, rotors visibly turning in moderate wind. Brown coal 5.7 GW occupies the left foreground as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lights. Wind offshore 3.9 GW appears in the far background right as distant turbines standing in a dark sea, their red aviation warning lights blinking. Biomass 3.8 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial facility with a tall exhaust stack and woodchip storage silos, warmly lit from within. Natural gas 2.7 GW appears as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack releasing a thin heat shimmer, positioned between the coal towers and the wind turbines. Hydro 2.0 GW is visible as a concrete dam structure in a valley at the far left, with spillway water catching reflected industrial light. Hard coal 0.9 GW appears as a smaller conventional power station with a single smokestack beside the brown coal complex. TIME: 1:00 AM — completely dark sky, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, heavy 95% overcast obscuring all stars. The only illumination comes from sodium-orange streetlights, red aircraft warning beacons on turbine nacelles, and the industrial glow of the thermal plants. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, humid summer night air at 14°C with lush green vegetation faintly visible in artificial light. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark palette of Prussian blue, lamp black, and warm amber; visible impasto brushwork; dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial installations and the enveloping darkness; atmospheric depth with distant turbines fading into murky overcast. Meticulous engineering detail on every structure. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 13 June 2026, 01:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-06-12T23:20 UTC · Download image