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Grid Poet — 15 April 2026, 21:00
Brown coal and gas each supply 9.7 GW as calm, cloudy night conditions force 20 GW of net imports.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 21:00 on a mild April evening, German domestic generation stands at 35.9 GW against 56.0 GW consumption, requiring approximately 20.1 GW of net imports. With solar offline and onshore wind producing only 4.4 GW in near-calm conditions (3 km/h), the renewable share sits at 35.8%, carried primarily by biomass (4.5 GW) and offshore wind (2.5 GW). Thermal plants are running heavily: brown coal and natural gas each contribute 9.7 GW, with hard coal adding 3.7 GW, reflecting the high residual load of 49.1 GW. The day-ahead price of 148.1 EUR/MWh is consistent with tight domestic supply, significant import dependency, and limited renewable availability during a cloudy, windless evening.
Grid poem Claude AI
Coal furnaces burn through the still, starless night, their plumes the only breath where wind has lost its voice. The grid strains under darkness, buying power from distant shores, while turbines stand like sentinels awaiting a dawn that will not come soon enough.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 12%
Wind offshore 7%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 27%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 27%
36%
Renewable share
6.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
35.9 GW
Total generation
-20.0 GW
Net import
148.1 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.3°C / 3 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
95% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
430
gCO₂/kWh
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Brown coal 9.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 9.7 GW fills the centre-left as a sprawling CCGT complex with tall slender exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by harsh floodlights; hard coal 3.7 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal-fired plant with a single large smokestack and conveyor infrastructure glowing under security lighting; biomass 4.5 GW is rendered as a cluster of medium-sized biomass CHP facilities with cylindrical storage silos and modest chimneys trailing pale smoke, positioned right of centre; wind onshore 4.4 GW occupies the right portion as a scattered line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors barely turning in the still air, marked by blinking red aviation lights; wind offshore 2.5 GW is suggested in the far right distance as faint red dots in a row above a dark horizon indicating a North Sea wind farm; hydro 1.5 GW appears as a small illuminated dam structure nestled at the far right edge near a river. The sky is completely dark — a deep navy-black with heavy 95% overcast, no stars visible, no twilight glow, no moon. The atmosphere feels dense, oppressive, and heavy, reflecting the 148 EUR/MWh price. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees — is barely visible in pools of artificial light at ground level. A mild 14°C April night with no wind: smoke and steam rise vertically. The landscape is a flat German lowland stretching into blackness. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich saturated colour, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial facilities and the engulfing darkness — rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy for each technology. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 15 April 2026, 21:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-04-15T21:08 UTC · Download image