Brown coal 9.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the black sky; hard coal 4.7 GW appears center-left as a smaller coal plant with tall rectangular boiler houses and a single smokestack with orange aviation lights; biomass 4.4 GW sits in the center as a cluster of industrial biomass combustion facilities with corrugated-metal buildings, wood-chip storage domes, and modest exhaust stacks glowing faintly under sodium lamps; natural gas 2.6 GW appears center-right as a compact CCGT unit with a single tall exhaust stack and enclosed turbine hall; wind onshore 6.3 GW fills the right side as a line of tall three-blade turbines on a dark ridgeline, their red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 2.7 GW is suggested in the far distance as tiny red lights on the horizon line over a barely visible North Sea; hydro 0.9 GW appears as a small dam structure with illuminated spillway in the lower right. TIME: 04:00 — completely dark sky, deep black-navy, no twilight whatsoever, no sky glow, stars fully obscured by 99% cloud cover creating a thick oppressive overcast ceiling barely visible in reflected industrial light. Temperature near freezing: patches of frost on bare ground, leafless late-winter trees, thin ice on puddles reflecting orange sodium streetlights. Moderate wind shown through steam plumes bending rightward and turbine blades mid-rotation. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive reflecting the high 88.1 EUR/MWh price — thick low clouds press down, industrial haze hangs in layers, the air feels dense and costly. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of indigo, burnt umber, and warm sodium-orange; visible impasto brushwork in the steam and clouds; atmospheric depth created through layered industrial haze; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower shell, and exhaust stack; the scene evokes Caspar David Friedrich's sublime darkness but applied to the modern industrial energy landscape. No text, no labels, no human figures.