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Grid Poet — 5 May 2026, 21:00
Brown coal, gas, and imports dominate as overcast night eliminates solar and wind underperforms against 55 GW demand.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 21:00 on a fully overcast May evening, solar generation is zero and onshore wind contributes a moderate 7.7 GW alongside 2.0 GW offshore, yielding a renewable share of 46.2% when biomass and hydro are included. Thermal baseload is substantial: brown coal leads at 8.5 GW, supplemented by 3.9 GW hard coal and 6.2 GW natural gas, reflecting the need to compensate for absent solar and only moderate wind. Total domestic generation of 34.7 GW against 55.4 GW consumption implies net imports of approximately 20.7 GW, a significant draw on interconnectors. The day-ahead price of 147 EUR/MWh is elevated but consistent with high residual load of 45.7 GW, heavy thermal dispatch, and substantial import dependency during an evening demand peak.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a shrouded sky the smokestacks breathe their ancient fire, feeding a nation's hunger while the turbines turn too slow. Across dark borders, borrowed current flows like a river answering the call of twenty million absent watts.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 22%
Wind offshore 6%
Solar 0%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 6%
Natural gas 18%
Hard coal 11%
Brown coal 25%
46%
Renewable share
9.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
34.7 GW
Total generation
-20.7 GW
Net import
147.0 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
14.3°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
374
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the dark sky, illuminated by orange sodium floodlights; natural gas 6.2 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks and glowing turbine halls behind chain-link fences; hard coal 3.9 GW appears centre-right as a single large coal plant with a rectangular chimney and conveyor belts visible under industrial lighting; wind onshore 7.7 GW spans the right third as a row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky, blades turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 2.0 GW is suggested by distant turbine silhouettes on a dark horizon line at far right; biomass 4.4 GW appears as a mid-ground wood-chip-fired plant with a modest stack and a warm-lit fuel yard piled with timber; hydro 1.9 GW is rendered as a small dam structure in the lower right with water cascading under floodlights. The sky is completely dark — 21:00 in May, full night, no twilight remnant — an oppressive, heavy 100% cloud cover ceiling barely visible in the reflected industrial glow, rendered in deep charcoal and navy tones conveying the high 147 EUR/MWh price tension. Spring vegetation — fresh green deciduous trees and meadow grass — is faintly visible near the foreground under amber streetlight spill. Temperature is mild at 14°C; no frost, no heat shimmer. High-voltage transmission pylons recede into the background, symbolising the massive import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour, visible brushwork, atmospheric depth — with meticulous technical accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and smokestack detail. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 5 May 2026, 21:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-05T20:53 UTC · Download image