Brown coal 8.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers issuing thick white-grey steam plumes into the black sky, lit from below by amber sodium floodlights; natural gas 7.4 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall slender exhaust stacks venting thin heat haze, their steel housings gleaming under industrial lighting; hard coal 4.3 GW appears centre-right as a single large coal plant with rectangular boiler house, conveyor belts, and a single concrete chimney with blinking red aviation lights; biomass 4.2 GW stands nearby as a mid-sized plant with a tall smokestack and wood-chip storage dome, warmly lit; wind onshore 5.5 GW stretches across the right quarter as a row of modern three-blade turbines on lattice towers, slowly turning in light wind, their nacelle lights blinking red; wind offshore 2.2 GW is suggested in the far background as a faint line of turbine lights on a distant dark horizon; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small concrete dam structure at the far right edge with water cascading into a lit spillway. The sky is completely black and overcast at 1 AM with 100% cloud cover — no stars, no moon, no sky glow — a deep oppressive ceiling of unseen clouds pressing down, conveying the high electricity price through a heavy, claustrophobic atmosphere. Early spring vegetation: bare branches with just the first hints of green buds on scattered trees, temperature around 9°C suggested by a faint mist clinging to the ground. Foreground shows damp plowed fields and a quiet road with a single sodium streetlight. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of deep navy, charcoal, burnt umber, and amber highlights — visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth and haze, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.