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Grid Poet — 14 May 2026, 23:00
Brown coal and gas dominate a 28.1 GW supply facing 14.5 GW net imports under calm, cold nighttime conditions.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 23:00 on 14 May, German domestic generation stands at 28.1 GW against consumption of 42.6 GW, requiring approximately 14.5 GW of net imports. Brown coal leads generation at 7.4 GW, followed by natural gas at 6.1 GW and biomass at 4.2 GW; wind contributes a combined 5.0 GW despite near-calm conditions (1.3 km/h), while solar is absent at this hour. The renewable share of 38.1 % is sustained primarily by biomass and hydro baseload alongside modest wind output. The day-ahead price of 136.3 EUR/MWh reflects the substantial import dependency, low wind availability, and heavy reliance on thermal dispatchables during this late-evening period.
Grid poem Claude AI
The furnaces breathe deep where the wind has fallen silent, their amber glow the only warmth against a cold May night. Across darkened borders, borrowed current flows like a river seeking the sea, filling the void the sleeping sun has left behind.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 10%
Wind offshore 8%
Biomass 15%
Hydro 5%
Natural gas 22%
Hard coal 14%
Brown coal 26%
38%
Renewable share
5.0 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
28.1 GW
Total generation
-14.6 GW
Net import
136.3 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
4.6°C / 1 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
27% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
426
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 6.1 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; biomass 4.2 GW appears centre-right as a mid-sized industrial plant with a tall rectangular boiler building and woodchip conveyor belts, warm amber light spilling from its windows; hard coal 3.9 GW sits behind the biomass as a coal-fired station with a single large stack and coal bunkers, lit by floodlights; wind onshore 2.7 GW appears in the right background as a cluster of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors barely turning in the still air, red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 2.3 GW is suggested by distant turbine silhouettes on the far-right horizon; hydro 1.5 GW is a small dam structure with spillway visible at the far right edge. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight or sky glow, a late-spring night at 23:00 with scattered stars visible through 27% thin cloud cover. The temperature is a cold 4.6°C; frost glints faintly on the grass and bare spring vegetation in the foreground. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — low haze clings to the ground, industrial smoke hangs motionless in the windless air. All illumination comes from artificial sources: sodium streetlights casting orange pools, floodlit industrial yards, glowing control-room windows. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of deep blues, blacks, burnt umber, and sodium orange — with visible expressive brushwork, atmospheric depth, and meticulous engineering accuracy on all turbine nacelles, cooling tower geometries, exhaust stacks, and conveyor structures. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 14 May 2026, 23:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-14T22:53 UTC · Download image