Grid Poet — 19 March 2026, 18:00
Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate as low wind and fading sun force heavy thermal dispatch and 21 GW net imports.
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At 18:00 on a spring evening, German domestic generation stands at 40.0 GW against 61.4 GW consumption, requiring approximately 21.4 GW of net imports. Brown coal leads generation at 12.1 GW, followed by natural gas at 11.4 GW and hard coal at 4.8 GW, reflecting a fossil-heavy dispatch driven by a residual load of 55.6 GW—renewables contribute only 11.8 GW (29.3%) as onshore wind delivers a modest 4.2 GW in light winds and solar is essentially negligible at sunset. The day-ahead price of 209.3 EUR/MWh is elevated but consistent with high thermal dispatch, significant import dependency, and low renewable availability during an evening demand peak.
Grid poem Claude AI
The furnaces of lignite roar beneath a fading copper sky, their steam rising like the breath of a tired continent drawing power from every border. In the hush of stilled turbines and darkening panels, the grid reaches outward with open hands, buying light from distant lands.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 11%
Wind offshore 3%
Solar 1%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 28%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 30%
29%
Renewable share
5.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.4 GW
Solar
40.0 GW
Total generation
-21.4 GW
Net import
209.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.4°C / 5 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 55.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
478
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 12.1 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a dense cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes into the sky; natural gas 11.4 GW fills the centre-left as a row of modern CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks trailing heat shimmer and thin vapour; hard coal 4.8 GW appears centre-right as a dark industrial power station with conveyor belts and a broad smokestack; biomass 4.4 GW sits to the right as a wood-chip-fed CHP facility with a modest cylindrical stack and warm orange-lit windows; onshore wind 4.2 GW is represented by a small group of three-blade turbines on a gentle hill in the right background, blades barely turning in light air; hydro 1.5 GW appears as a concrete dam with spillway in the far right distance; offshore wind 1.3 GW is suggested by a few turbines on a faint coastal horizon line far behind the dam; solar 0.4 GW is a tiny array of darkened aluminium-framed crystalline panels in the foreground, catching no light. The sky is a dusk sky at 18:00 in mid-March: the lower horizon glows deep orange-red fading to copper, while the upper sky darkens rapidly through indigo toward navy, a few early stars visible at the zenith. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, with industrial haze and steam merging into a brooding canopy that presses down on the landscape, reflecting the very high electricity price. The ground shows early spring: bare-branched deciduous trees beginning to bud, pale green grass, temperature around 12°C suggesting mild dampness. Clear sky overhead (0% cloud) but the industrial steam and haze create a thick, weighty feel near the horizon. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines stretch across the middle ground, symbolising the massive import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—rich, saturated colour with visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing furnace light and the darkening sky, atmospheric depth with layers of haze receding toward the horizon. Each power technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles, lattice towers, aluminium PV frames, lignite cooling tower parabolic profiles, CCGT exhaust geometry. The scene feels monumental and brooding, a masterwork industrial landscape. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 19 March 2026, 18:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-03-19T19:08 UTC · Download image