Grid Poet — 13 March 2026, 20:00
Wind leads at 19.9 GW but coal and gas fill a large evening gap, with 9.7 GW net imports needed.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 20:00 on a March evening, Germany faces a significant supply gap: domestic generation totals 47.5 GW against 57.2 GW consumption, requiring approximately 9.7 GW of net imports. Despite zero solar at this hour, renewables still contribute 54.4% of generation, driven primarily by 16.5 GW onshore and 3.4 GW offshore wind. However, the high residual load of 37.2 GW forces heavy fossil dispatch — 8.6 GW brown coal, 5.2 GW hard coal, and 7.9 GW natural gas — pushing the day-ahead price to a steep 145.7 EUR/MWh. The elevated price reflects the combination of evening peak demand, no solar contribution, and the need for expensive gas-fired peaking capacity alongside cross-border imports.
Grid poem Claude AI
Coal towers exhale their ancient breath into the moonless dark, while turbine blades carve invisible wind above a nation still hungry for light. The price of power climbs like smoke through overcast skies, and the grid groans beneath the weight of a sunless evening's demand.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 35%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 18%
54%
Renewable share
19.9 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
47.5 GW
Total generation
-9.6 GW
Net import
145.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.3°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
312
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.6 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the black night sky, lit from below by orange sodium floodlights; natural gas 7.9 GW occupies the centre-left as compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by harsh industrial spotlights; hard coal 5.2 GW appears centre-right as a gritty coal-fired power station with conveyor belts and a single large smokestack trailing grey smoke; wind onshore 16.5 GW spans the entire right half and background as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the completely dark sky, rotors turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 3.4 GW is suggested by a distant cluster of turbine lights on the far-right horizon over a barely visible dark sea; biomass 4.4 GW appears as a mid-ground wood-chip facility with a glowing furnace visible through open doors and a modest smokestack; hydro 1.5 GW is represented by a small dam structure in the lower-left foreground with water cascading, lit by a single floodlight. The sky is completely black with 100% overcast — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow — a heavy oppressive March night atmosphere reflecting the 145.7 EUR/MWh price. The 10°C temperature shows in early spring bare-branched trees with just the faintest buds. Ground is damp and reflective. Sodium-orange and cool-white industrial lighting creates dramatic contrasts. Power transmission lines with lattice pylons thread across the entire scene connecting the facilities. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich deep colour palette of blacks, dark blues, warm oranges, and industrial whites — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and haze from steam and emissions, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. The scene evokes the sublime tension between industrial might and nature's darkness, a masterwork painting of the German industrial landscape at night. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 13 March 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-03-13T21:10 UTC · Download image