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Grid Poet — 2 April 2026, 01:00
Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate overnight generation as low wind and zero solar force 10 GW of net imports.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 01:00 on 2 April 2026, German domestic generation stands at 37.4 GW against consumption of 47.4 GW, requiring approximately 10.0 GW of net imports. Thermal generation dominates the supply stack: brown coal provides 10.6 GW, natural gas 9.2 GW, and hard coal 6.1 GW, collectively accounting for 69% of domestic output. Wind contributes a modest 6.4 GW combined (onshore 4.9, offshore 1.5), consistent with the near-calm 2.2 km/h surface winds observed in central Germany. The day-ahead price of 119 EUR/MWh reflects the high residual load of 41.0 GW, tight domestic supply margins, and reliance on expensive gas-fired and imported capacity during this overnight demand period.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a star-strewn April sky the furnaces exhale their amber breath, coal and gas burning ceaselessly to fill the void where wind forgot to blow. The grid reaches across dark borders, drawing foreign current like a sleepless city drawing warmth from distant hearths.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 13%
Wind offshore 4%
Biomass 10%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 25%
Hard coal 16%
Brown coal 28%
31%
Renewable share
6.5 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
37.4 GW
Total generation
-10.0 GW
Net import
119.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
1.8°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
0% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
475
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 10.6 GW occupies the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes into the black night sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 9.2 GW fills the centre-left as a cluster of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting shimmering heat haze, their metallic surfaces catching amber light; hard coal 6.1 GW appears centre-right as a large coal-fired station with rectangular boiler houses and a single tall chimney trailing dark smoke; wind onshore 4.9 GW is rendered as a modest row of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge to the far right, their rotors nearly still in the calm air, red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 1.5 GW is suggested by a faint line of tiny lit nacelles on the far-right horizon over a dark sea; biomass 3.9 GW appears as a mid-sized wood-chip-fed CHP plant with a gently steaming stack near the centre; hydro 1.1 GW is a small dam structure in the lower-right foreground with water gleaming faintly under artificial light. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, scattered with crisp April stars and a thin crescent moon, absolutely no twilight or sky glow on the horizon. The air temperature is near freezing — frost glistens on bare-branched early-spring trees and dormant brown grass in the foreground. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, haze and steam hanging low over the industrial complex, conveying the high electricity price. High-voltage transmission pylons with glowing insulators recede into the dark distance, symbolising import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich chiaroscuro, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth, dramatic interplay of industrial firelight against the cold black sky — rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy for each technology. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 2 April 2026, 01:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-04-02T01:17 UTC · Download image