Grid Poet — 13 March 2026, 19:00
Wind leads at 21.4 GW but peak evening demand of 60.8 GW forces heavy coal, gas, and 12.1 GW net imports.
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At 19:00 on a March evening, solar generation is zero and Germany faces a 12.1 GW net import requirement, as domestic generation of 48.7 GW falls short of 60.8 GW consumption. Wind provides a strong 21.4 GW combined (onshore 17.8 GW + offshore 3.6 GW), but the residual load of 39.3 GW forces heavy thermal dispatch: brown coal at 8.5 GW, natural gas at 7.9 GW, and hard coal at 5.0 GW are all running hard. The day-ahead price of 165.8 EUR/MWh is exceptionally high, reflecting tight supply-demand conditions, significant import dependence, and the expensive marginal cost of gas-fired generation during peak evening demand under full cloud cover.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a leaden sky where no star dares to gleam, coal furnaces roar their ancient creed while turbines spin a windswept dream. The grid cries out for more than the land can give, and from across the borders, borrowed electrons let the cities live.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 37%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 17%
56%
Renewable share
21.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
48.7 GW
Total generation
-12.1 GW
Net import
165.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.5°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
299
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 17.8 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling hills into the distance, rotors turning steadily; brown coal 8.5 GW occupies the far left as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes against the dark sky; natural gas 7.9 GW fills the left-center as a cluster of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 5.0 GW appears center-left as an industrial coal plant with rectangular chimneys and conveyor belts feeding dark fuel; biomass 4.5 GW is rendered center-right as a wood-fired CHP facility with a modest stack and timber storage yard; wind offshore 3.6 GW is suggested on the far-right horizon as faint turbine silhouettes standing in a grey sea; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small dam with spillway in the middle distance. The time is 19:00 in mid-March — late dusk with the last thin band of deep orange-red glow barely visible along the lower western horizon, the rest of the sky darkening rapidly to deep slate grey and near-black overhead, 100% cloud cover creating a heavy oppressive overcast with no stars visible. The atmosphere is dense and brooding, reflecting the extreme 165.8 EUR/MWh price — a feeling of strain and weight pressing down on the landscape. Temperature is mild at 10.5°C so early spring vegetation is emerging, bare branches with the first green buds on scattered trees, wet fields. Sodium-orange streetlights are switching on along a road in the foreground, and the industrial facilities glow with warm internal lighting, furnace glows, and warning beacons. High-voltage transmission pylons stretch across the scene carrying thick cable bundles, symbolizing cross-border power flows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, moody palette of deep blues, warm oranges, coal blacks, and steel greys — with visible brushwork, atmospheric depth, dramatic chiaroscuro lighting from industrial sources against the darkening sky, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and smokestack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 13 March 2026, 19:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-03-13T20:10 UTC · Download image