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Grid Poet — 4 April 2026, 18:00
Onshore wind leads at 12.4 GW but 14.5 GW net imports are needed as overcast dusk tightens supply against 47.4 GW demand.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 18:00 on a fully overcast April evening, Germany's grid draws 47.4 GW against 32.9 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 14.5 GW of net imports. Wind onshore at 12.4 GW is the dominant source, supplemented by 2.5 GW offshore, though ground-level wind speeds in central Germany are modest at 7.1 km/h, suggesting stronger conditions along coastal and elevated terrain corridors. Solar contributes 5.2 GW in the waning pre-sunset hour under complete cloud cover, predominantly from diffuse irradiance, and will drop to zero within the hour. The day-ahead price of 109.6 EUR/MWh reflects the tight supply-demand balance and reliance on imports and thermal dispatch, with brown coal at 3.1 GW, natural gas at 3.0 GW, and hard coal at 0.8 GW all called upon to firm the residual load of 27.2 GW.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a leaden sky the turbines hum their iron hymn, while coal fires glow like ancient embers refusing to go dim. The grid reaches across borders with outstretched copper hands, drawing current from distant lands to meet the evening's demands.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 38%
Wind offshore 8%
Solar 16%
Biomass 14%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 9%
Hard coal 2%
Brown coal 9%
79%
Renewable share
15.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
5.2 GW
Solar
32.9 GW
Total generation
-14.6 GW
Net import
109.6 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.0°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 10.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
139
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 12.4 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles stretching across rolling green spring hills; wind offshore 2.5 GW appears in the far-right background as a cluster of turbines standing in a grey sea glimpsed through a valley gap; solar 5.2 GW occupies the centre-right foreground as several fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels angled on a hillside, reflecting only dull grey sky with no direct sunlight; biomass 4.6 GW sits in the centre as a medium-sized industrial plant with timber yards, a tall flue stack emitting pale vapour, and wood-chip conveyors; brown coal 3.1 GW fills the left portion as two massive hyperbolic concrete cooling towers releasing thick white steam plumes, beside open-pit mine terraces with bucket-wheel excavators; natural gas 3.0 GW appears in the centre-left as a compact combined-cycle gas turbine facility with a single tall exhaust stack and a visible heat-recovery steam generator; hydro 1.2 GW is a concrete dam with spillway nestled in a far-left valley; hard coal 0.8 GW is a single smaller smokestack facility with a coal bunker near the brown coal complex. Time is 18:00 in early April — dusk lighting with a rapidly fading orange-red glow barely visible along the low western horizon, the sky above already darkening to deep slate-grey and navy, complete 100% overcast with no break in the clouds, oppressive heavy atmosphere conveying expensive power. Temperature is 14°C: fresh spring green on grass and budding deciduous trees, but muted under the grey pall. The air feels dense and still at ground level. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich dark colour palette of umber, Prussian blue, and muted viridian, visible expressive brushwork, atmospheric depth with haze softening distant cooling towers, chiaroscuro from the last horizon light against the darkening industrial silhouettes. Meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine blade, panel frame, and cooling tower. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 4 April 2026, 18:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-04-04T18:17 UTC · Download image