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Grid Poet — 18 May 2026, 03:00
Brown coal, gas, and hard coal dominate a low-wind, sunless night requiring 8.4 GW of net imports.
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Grid analysis Claude AI
At 03:00 on a mild May night, Germany's domestic generation totals 30.3 GW against consumption of 38.7 GW, requiring approximately 8.4 GW of net imports. Brown coal leads generation at 8.5 GW, followed by wind (6.8 GW combined onshore and offshore), natural gas at 5.8 GW, and hard coal at 4.0 GW — together these thermal plants provide roughly 60% of domestic output. The renewable share of 39.5% is modest for a spring overnight hour; light winds at 2.3 km/h and full overcast with zero solar explain the subdued wind and absent photovoltaic contribution. The day-ahead price of 126.4 EUR/MWh is elevated, consistent with high residual load, significant import dependency, and thermal-heavy dispatch during a low-wind night.
Grid poem Claude AI
Beneath a leaden canopy the furnaces hold court, their ancient carbon breath the only warmth where moonlight finds no port. The turbines stand like sentinels half-sleeping in the calm, while distant borders send their current like a quiet psalm.
Generation mix
Wind onshore 20%
Wind offshore 2%
Biomass 13%
Hydro 4%
Natural gas 19%
Hard coal 13%
Brown coal 28%
40%
Renewable share
6.8 GW
Wind (on + offshore)
0.0 GW
Solar
30.3 GW
Total generation
-8.4 GW
Net import
126.4 €/MWh
Day-ahead price
10.1°C / 2 km/h
Temp / Wind speed
Open-Meteo, Kassel (51.3°N 9.5°E)
95% / 0.0 W/m²
Cloud cover / Radiation
424
gCO₂/kWh
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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 lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 5.8 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting thin heat haze; hard coal 4.0 GW appears centre-right as a pair of dark rectangular boiler houses with conveyor belts and a single shorter cooling tower; wind onshore 6.0 GW stretches across the right quarter as a row of modern three-blade turbines on lattice towers, blades barely turning in the still air; wind offshore 0.8 GW is suggested by a distant cluster of tiny turbine silhouettes on the far-right horizon; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a compact wood-chip plant with a domed silo and a modest smokestack glowing warmly between the coal and gas installations; hydro 1.2 GW is a small concrete dam and penstock visible in the mid-ground near a dark river reflecting industrial lights. The sky is completely dark — a deep navy-black, 3 AM with no moon or stars visible through 95% overcast cloud — with a heavy, oppressive low ceiling of clouds faintly lit from below by the amber and white glow of the industrial facilities. The landscape is flat central German terrain with early spring grass and budding deciduous trees barely visible in darkness. The atmosphere feels dense and weighty, conveying the high electricity price. Puddles on asphalt roads reflect the sodium-orange industrial glow. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich deep colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.
Grid data: 18 May 2026, 03:00 (Berlin time) · Generated 2026-05-18T02:53 UTC · Download image