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Grid Poet — 14 April 2026, 04:00
Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate overnight generation; 9.2 GW net imports needed under full cloud cover.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 04:00 CEST, Germany draws 47.2 GW against 38.0 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 9.2 GW of net imports to balance the system. Thermal generation dominates the overnight dispatch stack: brown coal provides 9.2 GW, natural gas 8.4 GW, and hard coal 4.4 GW, collectively accounting for 57.9% of domestic output. Wind contributes a combined 10.3 GW (onshore 7.3 GW, offshore 3.0 GW), with biomass at 4.1 GW and hydro at 1.6 GW rounding out the renewable share at 42.2%. The day-ahead price of 114.7 EUR/MWh reflects the high residual load of 36.9 GW and the reliance on expensive marginal gas units during this pre-dawn demand period.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a sunless vault of iron cloud, the coal furnaces breathe their ancient carbon into the April dark, while turbine blades carve slow arcs through the unseen wind. The grid hums its ceaseless hunger, drawing power from across distant borders to feed the sleeping nation's restless demand.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 19%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 22%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 24%
42%
Renewable share
10.3 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
38.0 GW
Total generation
-9.2 GW
Net import
114.7 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
7.0°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
393
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 9.2 GW occupies the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes into the dark sky, with glowing conveyor belts of lignite visible at their base; natural gas 8.4 GW fills the centre-left as several compact CCGT power stations with tall single exhaust stacks topped by orange flare tips and illuminated by sodium-yellow industrial lighting; hard coal 4.4 GW appears centre-right as a pair of large coal-fired plant buildings with rectangular stacks and visible coal stockpiles lit by floodlights; wind onshore 7.3 GW spans the right third as a long row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky, rotors turning slowly in moderate wind; wind offshore 3.0 GW is suggested in the far-right background as a faint line of turbine lights on the distant dark horizon; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a rounded silo and single stack emitting thin vapour, situated between the coal and wind sections; hydro 1.6 GW is rendered as a small illuminated dam structure at the far left edge with water gleaming faintly under artificial light. The sky is completely dark — deep black to navy, no twilight, no moon, 100% overcast with low heavy clouds faintly illuminated from below by the industrial glow. The atmosphere is oppressive and heavy, reflecting the high electricity price. Spring vegetation is barely visible — bare or early-budding trees along a foreground field, damp with 7°C chill, glistening slightly under lamp light. The entire landscape is rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between glowing industrial facilities and surrounding darkness, atmospheric depth with steam and low clouds merging, technically accurate engineering details on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 14 April 2026, 04:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-04-14T04:08 UTC · Download image