Natural gas 12.3 GW dominates the centre-right as a cluster of combined-cycle gas turbine plants with tall slender exhaust stacks venting heat shimmer into the dark sky; brown coal 10.5 GW occupies the left quarter as massive hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick white steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lamps; hard coal 6.3 GW appears centre-left as a blocky power station with conveyor belts and a single large smokestack; wind onshore 4.0 GW is rendered as a sparse line of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, rotors nearly still; biomass 4.2 GW sits in the mid-ground as a modest industrial facility with a timber-yard and low chimneys emitting thin grey smoke; wind offshore 1.8 GW is suggested by tiny turbine silhouettes on a far dark horizon line; hydro 1.1 GW appears as a small dam structure with a faint cascade of water in the lower-right foreground. The scene is set at 23:00 in early April in central Germany: the sky is completely black with no twilight glow, no moon, scattered cold stars barely visible through a heavy, oppressive industrial haze reflecting the high electricity price. The landscape is flat to gently rolling, with bare early-spring trees—no leaves yet—and patches of frost-tinged brown grass at 4°C. All illumination comes from artificial sources: sodium-orange and white industrial floodlights casting long shadows, glowing control-room windows, red aircraft-warning lights atop stacks and turbine nacelles. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines recede into the darkness, symbolising the import flows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting—rich, dark palette of deep navy, charcoal, burnt sienna, and amber; visible impasto brushwork on the steam plumes and lighting effects; atmospheric depth achieved through subtle gradations of industrial haze; meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curve, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.