Brown coal 8.1 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers belching thick white steam plumes into the dark sky; natural gas 7.0 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks, each venting thin grey exhaust lit from below by orange sodium lamps; biomass 4.7 GW appears centre-right as a cluster of industrial wood-chip combustion plants with corrugated-metal sidings, conveyor belts, and modest chimneys glowing faintly; hard coal 3.4 GW sits behind the biomass as a traditional coal plant with a pair of smaller cooling towers and a coal stockpile; wind onshore 2.9 GW is rendered as a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge at the far right, their aviation warning lights blinking red in the darkness; wind offshore 1.1 GW is suggested by a faint cluster of tiny red lights on the far-right horizon over an invisible sea; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a concrete dam spillway in the lower-right foreground, water glinting under a single floodlight. The time is 20:00 in April — the sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, 100 percent cloud cover blocking all stars and moonlight, no twilight whatsoever. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the 146.8 EUR/MWh price: low brooding clouds pressing down, humidity visible as haze around the sodium-orange industrial lighting. Temperature is a cool 10.6 °C; early spring vegetation — bare-branched trees just beginning to bud, wet grass in foreground. Light winds barely stir the turbine blades. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines stretch from left to right across the middle ground, symbolising the massive import flows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark, atmospheric palette of deep blues, burnt oranges, and industrial greys, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial facilities and the engulfing darkness, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower hyperbolic curve, and CCGT stack. No text, no labels.