Grid Poet — 18 March 2026, 22:00
Wind onshore and brown coal dominate nighttime generation as Germany net-imports 6.3 GW to meet 52.6 GW demand.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 22:00 on a clear March night, Germany draws 52.6 GW against 46.3 GW of domestic generation, implying approximately 6.3 GW of net imports. Wind onshore contributes 15.8 GW — a solid showing but insufficient to displace thermal baseload, which is substantial: brown coal at 12.0 GW, natural gas at 7.5 GW, and hard coal at 4.5 GW together supply over half of generation. The day-ahead price of 123.8 EUR/MWh reflects the combination of evening demand, zero solar output, and heavy reliance on marginal fossil units. The renewable share of 48.1% is largely wind-carried, with biomass adding a steady 4.1 GW and hydro contributing 1.1 GW.
Grid poem Claude AI
The turbines turn beneath a vault of frozen stars, their pale arms sweeping darkness while the coal fires burn eternal in the lowland haze. Germany drinks deeper than the night can pour, and distant borders lend their quiet current to the cause.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 34%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 0%
Biomass 9%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 26%
48%
Renewable share
17.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
46.3 GW
Total generation
-6.4 GW
Net import
123.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
5.3°C / 4 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
365
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 15.8 GW spans the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across a dark rolling plain, rotors slowly turning; brown coal 12.0 GW dominates the left third as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 7.5 GW appears centre-left as a row of compact CCGT plants with slender exhaust stacks venting thin white plumes; hard coal 4.5 GW sits behind the gas units as a smaller coal-fired station with a single large smokestack and conveyor infrastructure; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-ground wood-chip-fired CHP plant with a green-lit rectangular building and moderate steam; hydro 1.1 GW appears as a small illuminated dam with spillway in the far middle distance; wind offshore 1.2 GW is suggested by a faint line of tiny red aviation lights on the distant horizon. TIME: 22:00, fully dark — deep black sky studded with sharp stars, zero cloud cover, no twilight or sky glow whatsoever; all illumination comes from artificial sources: sodium streetlamps casting amber pools, floodlights on cooling towers, red blinking nacelle lights on wind turbines, lit control-room windows. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, reflecting the high electricity price — a subtle brownish industrial haze clings low to the ground around the coal facilities. Early spring vegetation is sparse and dormant, bare deciduous trees silhouetted against facility lights. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich, rich dark colour palette of indigo, amber, and slate grey, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with layers receding into darkness, meticulous engineering accuracy on turbine nacelles, cooling tower geometry, and gas-plant exhaust systems. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 18 March 2026, 22:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-03-18T22:55 UTC · Download image