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Grid Poet — 3 May 2026, 21:00
Wind leads at 16.7 GW but 9.9 GW net imports needed as post-sunset demand outstrips domestic generation.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 21:00 on a mild May evening, solar generation is absent and wind carries the renewable share at 16.7 GW combined onshore and offshore, supplemented by 4.4 GW biomass and 1.4 GW hydro, yielding a 62.6% renewable share. Thermal generation is substantial: brown coal at 6.0 GW, natural gas at 4.8 GW, and hard coal at 2.6 GW collectively provide 13.4 GW to firm up supply. Domestic generation totals 35.9 GW against 45.8 GW consumption, implying a net import of approximately 9.9 GW. The day-ahead price of 137.3 EUR/MWh reflects the tight domestic supply-demand balance, elevated import dependency, and the marginal cost of dispatching coal and gas units during a windier but still import-reliant evening hour.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath an ink-black overcast, turbine blades carve invisible air while coal furnaces breathe their ancient carbon into the night. The grid drinks deeply from distant borders, its hunger unsated by wind alone.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 37%
Wind offshore 9%
Solar 0%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 7%
Brown coal 17%
63%
Renewable share
16.6 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
35.9 GW
Total generation
-9.9 GW
Net import
137.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
19.3°C / 7 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
257
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 13.4 GW dominates the right half of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and detailed nacelles stretching across rolling green hills into the distance; wind offshore 3.3 GW appears as a faint cluster of turbines on a dark horizon line at far right; brown coal 6.0 GW occupies the left foreground as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes, flanked by conveyor belts and lignite stockpiles; natural gas 4.8 GW sits centre-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall slender exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 2.6 GW appears as a single smaller plant with a rectangular boiler house and a single squat cooling tower behind the gas units; biomass 4.4 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial facility with wood-chip silos and a modest smokestack; hydro 1.4 GW is a small dam and reservoir visible in a valley at centre-right. The sky is completely dark — deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, heavy 100% cloud cover erasing any stars. Sodium-orange streetlights and warm industrial lighting illuminate the power plants from below, casting amber reflections on wet spring foliage. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, haze pooling around the cooling towers, suggesting the high electricity price. Lush late-spring vegetation — leafy trees, green meadows — reflects the 19°C warmth. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting with rich dark palette, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the lit industrial structures and the pitch-dark sky, atmospheric depth receding through layers of turbines and smokestacks. Meticulous engineering accuracy on all technology elements. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 3 May 2026, 21:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-03T20:53 UTC · Download image