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Grid Poet — 17 June 2026, 02:00
Brown coal and gas dominate overnight generation; weak wind and heavy imports drive a high nighttime price.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 02:00 on a mid-June night, German domestic generation totals 25.1 GW against consumption of 43.4 GW, requiring approximately 18.3 GW of net imports. Brown coal and natural gas each contribute 7.2 GW, together forming the thermal backbone of overnight supply, while biomass adds a steady 3.8 GW. Wind output is subdued at 3.1 GW combined (onshore 2.9 GW, offshore 0.2 GW), consistent with the light 8.5 km/h winds across central Germany, and solar is naturally absent. The day-ahead price of 129.3 EUR/MWh is elevated for a nighttime hour, reflecting the heavy reliance on imports and expensive thermal dispatch to meet a residual load of 18.3 GW.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a sealed and starless June sky, the furnaces of lignite and gas burn their ceaseless watch, while distant borders funnel borrowed light into the sleeping grid. The wind barely stirs, and the land drinks deep from foreign wells of power.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 12%
Wind offshore 1%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 7%
Natural gas 29%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 29%
35%
Renewable share
3.2 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
25.1 GW
Total generation
-18.3 GW
Net import
129.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
15.2°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
435
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.2 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 7.2 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer, their turbine halls glowing with warm interior light; biomass 3.8 GW appears centre-right as a medium-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a single smokestack with faint exhaust, lit by security floodlights; wind onshore 2.9 GW occupies the right portion as a sparse row of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors barely turning in the still air, red aviation warning lights blinking at nacelle height; hydro 1.8 GW is visible in the far right as a concrete dam spillway with water gleaming under floodlights; hard coal 2.0 GW appears behind the brown coal complex as a smaller conventional power station with a rectangular chimney and conveyor belt structure. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no moon visible, fully overcast at 100% cloud cover so no stars penetrate — the only illumination comes from industrial sodium streetlights casting amber pools, facility floodlights, and the incandescent glow of furnace openings. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, haze hanging low around the cooling towers, reflecting the high electricity price. Lush mid-June vegetation — thick deciduous trees in full dark-green leaf, tall grass — is barely discernible in the artificial light at the edges of the industrial complex. A wide river in the foreground reflects the amber and white industrial lights. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, saturated darks, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between deep shadow and artificial light, atmospheric depth with haze layers receding into blackness — rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy for each technology. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 17 June 2026, 02:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-06-17T00:20 UTC · Download image