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Grid Poet — 15 May 2026, 20:00
Wind and coal anchor a 37.6 GW domestic supply as 11.8 GW net imports fill Germany's evening demand peak.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 20:00 on a fully overcast May evening, Germany draws 49.4 GW against 37.6 GW of domestic generation, requiring approximately 11.8 GW of net imports. Solar has effectively exited the merit order with only 1.0 GW from residual twilight, shifting the burden to thermal and wind. Combined wind generation of 12.7 GW provides the largest single block, but brown coal at 7.4 GW, natural gas at 6.3 GW, and hard coal at 4.3 GW together supply 18.0 GW — nearly half of domestic output — reflecting the high residual load of 35.7 GW. The day-ahead price of 153.5 EUR/MWh is consistent with significant thermal dispatch and import dependency during an evening demand peak under weak renewable conditions.
Grid poem Claude AI
Coal towers breathe their ancient breath into the starless dark, while turbine blades carve restless arcs where no sun leaves its mark. The grid groans beneath a hungry nation's evening pull, buying power from distant borders to keep the copper full.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 20%
Wind offshore 14%
Solar 3%
Biomass 12%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 17%
Hard coal 12%
Brown coal 20%
52%
Renewable share
12.7 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
1.0 GW
Solar
37.6 GW
Total generation
-11.8 GW
Net import
153.5 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
12.2°C / 8 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
100% / 22.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
331
gCO₂/kWh
Image prompt
Brown coal 7.4 GW dominates the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; wind onshore 7.4 GW spans the centre-left as a long ridge of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, blades turning slowly in moderate wind, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky; natural gas 6.3 GW appears centre-right as two compact CCGT blocks with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, lit by bright white floodlights; wind offshore 5.3 GW is suggested in the far right distance as a cluster of turbines standing on dark water, nacelle lights glimmering on the horizon; biomass 4.5 GW sits as a mid-sized industrial facility with a domed digester and short stack emitting faint vapor, warm amber lights glowing from within, placed between the gas plant and the coal station; hard coal 4.3 GW appears as a traditional coal plant with a single tall chimney and rectangular boiler house, conveyor belts visible, positioned behind the brown coal station on the left; hydro 1.4 GW is a small dam structure with illuminated spillway in the lower right foreground, white water catching floodlight; solar 1.0 GW is barely present — a few darkened aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels on a rooftop in the middle ground, completely unlit, no sunshine whatsoever. The sky is entirely black at 20:00 in May, deep navy to pure black, 100% cloud cover meaning no stars and no moon are visible, a heavy oppressive overcast ceiling pressing down, faintly reflecting the orange-amber industrial glow from below. The landscape is spring — fresh green grass and leafed-out deciduous trees visible in pools of artificial light, temperature around 12°C suggesting light mist near the ground. The overall atmosphere is heavy and tense, matching the 153.5 EUR/MWh price — an industrial landscape under pressure. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, but depicting an industrial nocturne — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts between sodium-lit infrastructure and the oppressive dark sky, atmospheric depth with haze and steam, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 15 May 2026, 20:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-15T19:54 UTC · Download image