Brown coal 9.9 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 blackness; hard coal 5.0 GW appears left of centre as a pair of large coal-fired boiler houses with tall square stacks trailing grey smoke; natural gas 4.8 GW occupies the centre as two compact CCGT units with slender cylindrical exhaust stacks and faint orange heat shimmer at their tops; biomass 4.0 GW sits right of centre as a cluster of industrial biogas facilities with squat silos and a single illuminated smokestack; wind onshore 10.8 GW fills the right third and extends into the background as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 2.4 GW is suggested in the far right distance as a line of turbines on a dark horizon above a barely visible sea; hydro 1.0 GW appears as a small illuminated dam structure in the far background valley. Time is 04:00 — the sky is completely black with heavy 100% overcast, no stars, no moon, no twilight glow whatsoever. The only light comes from sodium-orange industrial lamps illuminating the power stations, cool white floodlights on turbine bases, and the red blink of aviation lights across the wind farm. The landscape is flat central German terrain with bare late-winter trees, frost-dusted brown fields, patches of old snow, and dormant vegetation suggesting near-freezing temperatures. The atmosphere feels heavy, oppressive, and dense, reflecting the high electricity price — low-hanging cloud presses down on the industrial smoke and steam, trapping it close to the ground. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich, dark colour palette of deep navy, warm amber, and cool grey; visible impasto brushwork; strong chiaroscuro from artificial lighting against absolute darkness; atmospheric depth achieved through layered smoke, steam, and mist. Every technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles and three-blade rotors, aluminium-framed structures, hyperbolic cooling tower parabolic profiles, CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels, no people.