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Grid Poet — 14 May 2026, 06:00
Onshore wind leads at 14 GW but overcast skies and cold suppress solar, requiring 15.6 GW of coal and gas.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 06:00 on a fully overcast May morning, German generation of 39.3 GW falls 0.7 GW short of the 40.0 GW consumption level, requiring modest net imports. Wind onshore at 14.0 GW is the single largest source but cannot compensate for negligible solar output of just 2.1 GW under dense cloud cover and zero direct radiation; the renewable share of 60.1% is carried almost entirely by wind and biomass. Thermal generation is substantial: brown coal at 6.1 GW, natural gas at 5.5 GW, and hard coal at 4.0 GW collectively provide 15.6 GW, reflecting the need to firm a windy but sunless early-morning load profile. The day-ahead price of 111.4 EUR/MWh is elevated, consistent with cold temperatures driving heating demand and the full activation of coal and gas capacity to cover the solar shortfall.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a leaden sky where dawn refuses to break, iron towers exhale their grey breath while turbine blades carve slow arcs through the cold—an empire of wind and coal holds the morning in its heavy hands. The sun is only a rumor beyond the clouds, and the grid leans on ancient carbon to carry it through the dark.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 36%
Wind offshore 5%
Solar 5%
Biomass 11%
Hydro 3%
Natural gas 14%
Hard coal 10%
Brown coal 16%
60%
Renewable share
15.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
2.1 GW
Solar
39.3 GW
Total generation
-0.8 GW
Net import
111.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
6.3°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
274
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Wind onshore 14.0 GW dominates the right half and background of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles, blades turning slowly in light wind, stretching across rolling green hills into the misty distance. Brown coal 6.1 GW occupies the far left as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes that merge into the overcast sky. Natural gas 5.5 GW sits left of centre as a compact CCGT facility with two tall slender exhaust stacks releasing thin translucent heat shimmer. Hard coal 4.0 GW appears as a smaller coal-fired plant with a single rectangular boiler house and a tall brick chimney trailing darker smoke, positioned between the lignite station and the gas plant. Biomass 4.3 GW is rendered as a cluster of industrial biogas facilities with cylindrical green digesters and short stainless-steel stacks amid farmland in the mid-ground. Solar 2.1 GW appears as a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the foreground, but they are dark and muted under the thick clouds, reflecting only grey sky. Hydro 1.4 GW is suggested by a small concrete run-of-river weir and turbine house along a swollen stream in the lower foreground. Wind offshore 1.8 GW is barely visible as a faint line of turbines on a distant grey horizon suggesting the North Sea coast. Time of day is pre-dawn at 06:00 in May: the sky is a uniform deep blue-grey with the faintest pale luminescence along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, no warm colours, everything lit by cold diffuse ambient light. The cloud cover is 100%, a solid unbroken ceiling of low stratus pressing down heavily on the landscape. Temperature is 6.3°C: spring vegetation is fresh green but glistening with morning dew or light frost on field edges; bare patches of brown earth visible. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price—mist clings to valleys, the air appears dense and still despite the turbines turning. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, rich in tonal variation from deep charcoal blues to muted sage greens, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective with industrial structures receding into fog, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and panel frame. No text, no labels, no human figures prominent.
Grid data: 14 May 2026, 06:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-14T05:53 UTC · Download image