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Grid Poet — 17 June 2026, 04:00
Brown coal and gas dominate overnight generation as near-zero wind and no solar drive heavy net imports.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 04:00 on a summer night, German domestic generation stands at 23.7 GW against 44.1 GW consumption, requiring approximately 20.4 GW of net imports. Brown coal at 7.0 GW and natural gas at 6.8 GW together provide the bulk of thermal generation, supplemented by 2.0 GW of hard coal, reflecting the near-total absence of solar and very weak wind conditions (2.4 GW combined onshore and offshore). The day-ahead price of 127.4 EUR/MWh is elevated, consistent with high residual load and heavy reliance on thermal and imported capacity during a low-renewable, low-wind overnight period. Biomass at 3.7 GW and hydro at 1.8 GW provide steady baseload renewable output, bringing the renewable share to 33.6%.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a starless vault of cloud and coal-smoke, the turbines of lignite grind through the darkest hour, feeding a nation that sleeps while distant generators hum across borders to fill the yawning gap. The wind has abandoned its towers, and the price of wakefulness climbs with each imported megawatt.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 9%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 0%
Biomass 16%
Hydro 8%
Natural gas 29%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 30%
34%
Renewable share
2.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
23.7 GW
Total generation
-20.4 GW
Net import
127.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.1°C / 0 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
92.0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
444
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with billowing white-grey steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 6.8 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact combined-cycle gas turbine plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer against the black sky; biomass 3.7 GW appears centre-right as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip conveyor and a single smokestack with faint warm exhaust, illuminated by yellow work lights; wind onshore 2.1 GW is rendered as a few widely spaced three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their rotors nearly still, with dim red aviation warning lights blinking; hard coal 2.0 GW sits at far left as a coal-fired station with a large rectangular stack and coal hoppers under harsh white spotlights; hydro 1.8 GW appears at far right as a concrete dam spillway with dark water glinting under a single floodlight; offshore wind 0.3 GW is a barely visible single turbine silhouette on the far horizon. The sky is completely dark, a deep navy-black vault with 92% cloud cover obscuring all stars, no twilight, no sky glow — a true 4 AM summer darkness. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, conveying the high electricity price. The ground is lush mid-June vegetation — tall grass, leafy deciduous trees — visible only where industrial light catches it, damp with overnight dew at 13°C. No solar panels anywhere. The air is nearly perfectly still, no motion in leaves or flags. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich dark palette of indigo, umber, and ochre, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro from industrial lighting against the vast dark sky, atmospheric depth receding into hazy coal-smoke distance — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy in every cooling tower, turbine nacelle, lattice mast, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 17 June 2026, 04:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-06-17T02:20 UTC · Download image