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Grid Poet — 26 April 2026, 20:00
Brown coal, gas, and large net imports power Germany's evening as wind and solar fade at nightfall.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 20:00 on a spring evening, German domestic generation stands at 26.7 GW against 46.8 GW consumption, implying net imports of approximately 20.1 GW. Brown coal leads the merit order at 7.8 GW, followed by natural gas at 5.9 GW, biomass at 4.7 GW, and hard coal at 3.3 GW — thermal generation dominates with solar effectively offline post-sunset and onshore wind contributing a modest 2.8 GW in light winds. The renewable share of 36.5% is sustained largely by biomass and hydro rather than variable renewables. The day-ahead price of 157.8 EUR/MWh reflects the heavy reliance on imports and expensive thermal dispatch under a tight supply-demand balance.
Grid poem Claude AI
The furnaces of lignite glow like ancient forges beneath a moonless sky, their steam rising in pale columns against the dark. Germany draws power from beyond its borders, a nation breathing deeper than its own lungs allow.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 10%
Wind offshore 1%
Solar 1%
Biomass 17%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 22%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 29%
36%
Renewable share
3.1 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.3 GW
Solar
26.7 GW
Total generation
-20.1 GW
Net import
157.8 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
13.5°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
40% / 32.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
439
gCOâ‚‚/kWh
Records
#2 Wild Ride
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 5.9 GW fills the centre-left as a cluster of CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks and glowing turbine halls behind chain-link fencing; biomass 4.7 GW appears centre-right as a wood-chip-fired plant with a broad rectangular boiler house, conveyor belts, and a single wide smokestack with faint grey exhaust; hard coal 3.3 GW sits to the right as a coal station with a pair of slender stacks and a dark coal pile visible under floodlights; wind onshore 2.8 GW appears as a handful of three-blade turbines on a low ridge in the far right background, their rotors turning slowly in light breeze, red aviation warning lights blinking; hydro 1.6 GW is suggested by a concrete dam structure in the distant middle-ground with water cascading; wind offshore 0.4 GW is barely hinted at by a tiny silhouette of an offshore turbine on a far horizon line; solar 0.3 GW is essentially absent — no panels visible, no sunlight. The sky is fully dark, deep navy-black, 20:00 in late April — no twilight remains, no sky glow on the horizon, stars partially visible through 40% scattered cloud lit faintly from below by the industrial complex. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive reflecting the high electricity price: a thick humid haze hangs over the plants, sodium streetlights cast amber pools on wet asphalt roads between facilities. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees — is barely visible in the artificial light along the edges. High-voltage transmission pylons with bundled conductors stretch across the scene from left to right, symbolizing the massive import flows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts, atmospheric sfumato in the steam and haze — yet every turbine nacelle, cooling tower hyperbolic curve, CCGT exhaust stack, and lattice pylon is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 26 April 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-04-26T19:53 UTC · Download image