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Grid Poet — 25 March 2026, 20:00
Wind leads at 28.7 GW but coal and gas fill the gap as solar is absent and 6.8 GW of imports are needed.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 20:00 on a fully overcast March evening, Germany draws 60.8 GW against 54.0 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 6.8 GW of net imports. Wind remains the dominant source at 28.7 GW combined (onshore 21.5, offshore 7.2), providing over half of total generation despite moderate surface wind speeds—upper-level winds and coastal exposure are clearly sustaining strong output. Thermal plants contribute 19.6 GW across gas (8.7), brown coal (6.8), and hard coal (4.1), dispatched to cover the residual load of 32.1 GW with solar entirely absent after sunset. The day-ahead price of 134.9 EUR/MWh reflects the combination of evening demand, zero solar, and the need for both significant thermal dispatch and cross-border imports under cold late-winter conditions.
Grid poem Claude AI
The turbines howl their silver hymn across a starless plain, while ancient coal-fires glow beneath the weight of winter's chain. The grid groans softly, hungry still, and calls beyond its borders for the missing light.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 40%
Wind offshore 13%
Solar 0%
Biomass 8%
Hydro 2%
Natural gas 16%
Hard coal 8%
Brown coal 13%
64%
Renewable share
28.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
54.0 GW
Total generation
-6.8 GW
Net import
134.9 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
2.8°C / 12 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
239
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 21.5 GW dominates the right half of the canvas as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles stretching across low rolling hills into deep darkness; wind offshore 7.2 GW appears in the far right background as a cluster of turbines standing in a black North Sea glimpsed through a gap in the terrain. Brown coal 6.8 GW occupies the left foreground as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting. Natural gas 8.7 GW fills the centre-left as two modern CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin hot exhaust, their rectangular turbine halls glowing with warm interior light through high windows. Hard coal 4.1 GW sits behind the gas plant as a smaller coal station with a single large smokestack and a coal conveyor belt, lit by yellow floodlights. Biomass 4.4 GW appears as a mid-sized wood-fired plant with a modest stack and a pile of wood chips visible in its yard, warm amber light spilling from its structure, positioned centre-right near the wind turbines. Hydro 1.3 GW is rendered as a small concrete dam and powerhouse nestled in a dark river valley at the far left edge. The sky is completely black to deep navy, 100% overcast with no stars, no moon, no twilight—it is 20:00 in late March. The only illumination comes from artificial sources: sodium streetlights casting orange pools along a road in the foreground, industrial floodlights on the power stations, glowing control-room windows, and red aircraft-warning lights blinking atop turbine nacelles and smokestacks. The temperature is near freezing: bare deciduous trees with no leaves, patches of frost on dormant brown grass, breath-like mist near ground level. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price—low thick clouds press down, catching the reflected industrial glow in sickly orange-grey tones. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting—rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between deep shadow and industrial light, atmospheric depth with haze and steam, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine blade, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. The scene evokes Caspar David Friedrich's sublime darkness fused with industrial realism. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 25 March 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-03-26T08:17 UTC · Download image