Brown coal 13.1 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power plant complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers billowing thick white steam into the black night sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 12.0 GW fills the centre-left as three compact CCGT combined-cycle units with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, their turbine halls glowing with interior fluorescent light; hard coal 5.3 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal plant with a single large smokestack and conveyor belt infrastructure, lit by industrial floodlights; biomass 4.5 GW is rendered as a wood-chip fueled generation facility with cylindrical storage silos and a modest stack, positioned right of centre; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small concrete dam with spillway in the right middle ground, water reflecting artificial light; wind onshore 0.9 GW and wind offshore 0.5 GW are represented by just two or three distant turbines on the far right horizon, their rotors motionless in the dead-calm air, red aviation warning lights blinking faintly. The sky is completely dark, deep black-navy with full 100% cloud cover obscuring all stars, creating a low oppressive ceiling that traps and reflects the industrial glow in a sickly amber haze — evoking the high electricity price of 206 EUR/MWh. The landscape is early-spring central German terrain: bare deciduous trees with only the faintest bud hints, brown-green dormant grass at 8.6°C, patches of mud. No solar panels visible anywhere. Foreground shows high-voltage transmission pylons with cables stretching into the distance suggesting massive power imports. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the deep night and the fierce industrial illumination, atmospheric depth with haze and steam, in the tradition of Carl Blechen's industrial landscapes — technically precise engineering details on every facility, yet composed with the grandeur and emotional weight of a Caspar David Friedrich nocturne. No text, no labels.