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The German energy grid, interpreted through AI. Updated hourly.

Grid Poet — 22 May 2026, 01:00
30% renewable
Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate overnight generation as near-zero wind and no solar drive heavy imports.
Grid analysis Claude AI
At 01:00 on a late-May night, German demand sits at 43.7 GW while domestic generation covers only 27.2 GW, requiring approximately 16.5 GW of net imports. Brown coal leads the generation stack at 9.3 GW, followed by natural gas at 5.9 GW and hard coal at 3.7 GW, reflecting heavy reliance on thermal baseload during a period of near-calm winds (1.9 km/h) and zero solar output. The renewable share of 30.1% is sustained largely by biomass at 4.0 GW and modest contributions from hydro and the residual wind fleet, while the day-ahead price of 136.9 EUR/MWh reflects the tight supply conditions and high marginal cost of gas-fired dispatch combined with substantial import dependency.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a shrouded sky the furnaces breathe deep, their ancient coal-fired hearts the only pulse that keeps the darkened nation from the silence of the deep. Sixteen gigawatts flow inward across the sleeping borders, answering a hunger that no quiet wind could keep.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 5%
Wind offshore 5%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 22%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 34%
30%
Renewable share
2.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
27.2 GW
Total generation
-16.6 GW
Net import
136.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
11.6°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
Grid data: 22 May 2026, 01:00 (Berlin time)
Carbon intensity
491 gCO₂/kWh
EU 2023
242
DE 2023
~380
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Now: 491 gCO₂/kWh EU 2023: 242 gCO₂/kWh DE 2023: ~380 gCO₂/kWh Today avg: 485 gCO₂/kWh
Direct operational emissions (combustion only). Wind · solar · hydro · biomass: 0 gCO₂/kWh. Lignite: 820 · Hard coal: 750 · Gas (CCGT): 490. Sources: UBA, IPCC AR6.
7-day renewable share
Day-ahead price — 2026-05-22 + forecast 2026-04-25 click line name to show/hide

Residual load = consumption − wind − solar. It is the net demand that dispatchable plants — coal, gas, biomass, hydro, storage — plus cross-border exchanges must balance. When it is high, expensive thermal capacity is needed and prices rise with it. As residual load falls, wind and solar displace more thermal generation, pulling prices down. When it turns negative, wind and solar output alone exceeds all consumption: controllable plants ramp to their technical minimums, storage absorbs what it can, and the grid exports heavily — often with prices turning negative too.
Forecast (dashed): tomorrow's predicted DA price (P50 median) with P10–P90 uncertainty band. Full forecast →

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EUR/MWh. GB: system price in GBP (balancing, not DA auction). Source: Energy-Charts, Elexon. Full markets dashboard →

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