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Grid Poet — 10 May 2026, 21:00
Brown coal, wind, and gas anchor a 47.9 GW evening demand under full cloud cover with 13.1 GW net imports.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 21:00 on a fully overcast May evening, solar generation is absent and onshore wind delivers a moderate 11.1 GW alongside 1.7 GW offshore, yielding a renewable share of 53.7% when biomass and hydro are included. Thermal generation is substantial: brown coal provides 8.0 GW, natural gas 4.5 GW, and hard coal 3.6 GW, reflecting the need to cover a residual load of 35.1 GW. Domestic generation totals 34.8 GW against consumption of 47.9 GW, implying net imports of approximately 13.1 GW. The day-ahead price of 128.5 EUR/MWh is elevated but consistent with a high-demand evening hour requiring significant thermal and import contributions under limited renewable output.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a starless shroud the furnaces exhale, their breath ascending where the absent sun once sailed. The turbines turn in darkness, slow and sure, while coal's deep glow persists—relentless, old, impure.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 32%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 0%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 13%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 23%
54%
Renewable share
12.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
34.8 GW
Total generation
-13.1 GW
Net import
128.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
16.8°C / 6 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
330
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 8.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes, lit from below by orange sodium floodlights; onshore wind 11.1 GW spans the right third as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers arrayed across rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the darkness; natural gas 4.5 GW occupies the centre-left as a compact CCGT plant with twin exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer, illuminated by harsh industrial floodlighting; hard coal 3.6 GW appears centre-right as a large coal-fired station with a single tall chimney and conveyor infrastructure, glowing under arc lights; biomass 4.5 GW is rendered as a medium-scale wood-chip power plant with a modest smokestack and stacked fuel storage, visible in the mid-ground; offshore wind 1.7 GW is suggested on the far-right horizon as tiny red lights above a dark sea line; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small dam structure in the lower-right foreground, water faintly reflecting industrial light. The sky is completely black, no twilight, no stars visible—a thick 100% overcast ceiling pressing down oppressively, evoking the high electricity price. The season is late spring: deciduous trees in full dark-green leaf barely visible in the foreground, temperature mild at 16.8°C, gentle breeze barely stirring the grass. No solar panels anywhere. The atmosphere is heavy, humid, industrial. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting—rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth reminiscent of Carl Blechen's industrial nocturnes—but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower shell, and gas-turbine exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 10 May 2026, 21:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-10T20:53 UTC · Download image