Brown coal 8.2 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers rising into the darkness, thick white-grey steam plumes billowing upward, lit from below by orange sodium lights of a sprawling lignite power station with conveyor belts and coal bunkers. Natural gas 7.8 GW occupies the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, their turbine halls glowing with warm interior light through tall industrial windows. Hard coal 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a pair of older rectangular power station buildings with twin chimneys, red aviation warning lights blinking at their tops, coal piles faintly visible in floodlit yards. Wind onshore 5.7 GW stretches across the right third of the scene as a line of modern three-blade turbines on lattice-free tubular towers along a low ridge, their nacelle lights blinking red, blades turning slowly in light breeze. Wind offshore 1.5 GW is suggested far in the background right as tiny red navigation lights on the horizon. Biomass 4.5 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip silo and moderate steam output nestled between the gas and coal plants. Hydro 1.4 GW is a small dam structure at the far right edge with a thin cascade of illuminated water. The sky is completely dark, 100% overcast, no stars, no moon, no twilight — a deep oppressive charcoal-black canopy pressing down on the landscape, conveying the weight of 121 EUR/MWh prices. The season is early spring: bare-branched trees and patches of new grass along a river in the foreground, temperature around 7°C suggested by frost on metal railings. The overall palette is dominated by deep navy-blacks, industrial orange sodium glows, and the ghostly white of cooling tower steam. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric chiaroscuro depth, dramatic scale contrasts between colossal industrial structures and the quiet dark countryside, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.