Brown coal 12.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power plant complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the night sky; natural gas 6.5 GW occupies the centre-left as a pair of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks and smaller vapour trails; hard coal 5.1 GW appears centre-right as a coal-fired station with rectangular boiler houses and a tall chimney stack with red aviation warning lights; wind onshore 9.6 GW spans the right third as a line of modern three-blade turbines on lattice-free tubular towers set along a low ridge, their rotors turning very slowly in the near-still air, nacelle lights blinking; biomass 4.4 GW appears as a mid-ground industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a single squat smokestack; hydro 1.0 GW is glimpsed as a small dam structure in the far distance with illuminated spillway; wind offshore 0.4 GW is barely suggested by a faint cluster of tiny blinking lights on the far horizon line. The sky is completely dark — deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, a few scattered stars visible through 33% cloud cover rendered as thin high cirrus partially veiling the constellations. The landscape is a gently rolling central German plain with bare early-spring trees, patches of dormant brown grass, temperature near 7°C conveyed by light ground mist curling around the base of the cooling towers. Artificial light dominates: sodium-orange streetlights line a road in the foreground, the coal plants glow with internal furnace light visible through grated openings, control-room windows emit white fluorescent light. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive — dense industrial haze from the thermal plants drifts across the middle ground, lending a suffocating weight to the air that reflects the extreme 155.4 EUR/MWh price. Power transmission lines with lattice pylons stretch across the scene connecting the plants, cables sagging with the weight of current. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — Caspar David Friedrich's dramatic darkness meets Adolph Menzel's industrial precision — rich deep colour palette of burnt umber, Prussian blue, lamp black, and cadmium orange, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth achieved through layered glazes, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and boiler house riveting. No text, no labels.