Brown coal 12.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive complex of hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the black sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps and the dull glow of conveyor belts carrying lignite; natural gas 11.0 GW fills the centre-left as a cluster of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, their turbine halls illuminated by harsh industrial floodlights; hard coal 5.3 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal-fired station with rectangular chimneys and visible coal stockpiles under yellow lights; biomass 4.4 GW is rendered as a modest wood-chip-fed generating station with a short stack and warm interior glow from open loading bays; hydro 1.2 GW appears as a small illuminated dam spillway on the far right with floodlit concrete; wind onshore 1.0 GW and wind offshore 0.7 GW are depicted as a sparse handful of three-blade turbines with red aviation warning lights blinking, their rotors virtually still in the dead-calm air. The sky is completely dark — deep black to navy, no twilight, no moon visible, heavy 95% overcast erasing all stars, creating a low oppressive ceiling that reflects the orange-brown industrial glow back downward. The atmosphere feels heavy and stifling, hinting at the extreme 177 EUR/MWh price. Early spring vegetation is sparse and dormant, bare-branched trees at the margins, temperature around 7–8°C suggested by a faint mist clinging to the ground. In the far background, high-voltage transmission lines with tiny red warning lights recede toward the horizon, symbolising the massive import flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — rich impasto brushwork, chiaroscuro contrast between deep shadow and sodium-orange industrial light, atmospheric depth and brooding Romantic grandeur applied to an industrial night scene. Meticulous engineering accuracy on all turbine nacelles, cooling tower geometries, and CCGT exhaust systems. No text, no labels.