Grid Poet — 11 March 2026, 21:00
Wind (25 GW) and brown coal (10.6 GW) lead generation as Germany imports 6.4 GW on a dark, overcast evening.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 21:00 on a fully overcast March evening, Germany's grid draws 56.9 GW against 50.5 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 6.4 GW of net imports. Wind dominates renewables at 25.0 GW combined (onshore 20.2 GW + offshore 4.8 GW), yet with zero solar and strong evening demand, the system leans heavily on thermal baseload: brown coal delivers 10.6 GW, natural gas 6.7 GW, and hard coal 2.7 GW. The day-ahead price of 123 EUR/MWh is notably elevated, reflecting the tight supply-demand balance, the need for expensive gas-fired marginal generation, and reliance on cross-border imports to close the gap.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a moonless shroud of cloud, a thousand turbine blades carve the dark while furnaces of lignite glow like buried suns refusing to surrender. The grid groans under the weight of night, importing power across borders as coal smoke and wind wage their ancient war.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 40%
Wind offshore 10%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 5%
Brown coal 21%
60%
Renewable share
25.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
50.5 GW
Total generation
-6.4 GW
Net import
123.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
8.9°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
278
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.6 GW occupies the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into darkness; natural gas 6.7 GW appears center-left as compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting heat shimmer, lit by orange sodium lamps; hard coal 2.7 GW sits as a smaller coal-fired station with a single square cooling tower and conveyor belts just right of center; wind onshore 20.2 GW spans the entire right half and background as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers stretching across rolling hills, their aviation warning lights blinking red; wind offshore 4.8 GW appears as a distant row of turbines on the far-right horizon above a faintly visible dark sea; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial biogas facility with cylindrical digesters and a small smokestack glowing warmly; hydro 1.2 GW appears as a small dam structure with illuminated spillway at the far left edge. The sky is completely black to deep navy, 100% cloud cover with no stars, no moon, no twilight glow — pure nighttime at 21:00. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high 123 EUR/MWh electricity price. Temperature is a mild 8.9°C in early spring — bare deciduous trees with the faintest budding, damp ground, patches of old grass. All facilities are lit by harsh industrial sodium-vapor lights casting orange pools on wet pavement and steel structures. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines cross the scene, symbolizing import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette of deep blues, blacks, burnt oranges, and industrial greys — visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering detail on turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors, cooling tower parabolic profiles, CCGT stacks, and conveyor infrastructure. The mood is sublime industrial nocturne. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 11 March 2026, 21:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-03-11T21:36 UTC · Download image