Brown coal 9.2 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the darkness; natural gas 8.3 GW occupies the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin translucent flues, lit by sodium-orange facility lights; wind onshore 8.9 GW spans the right third as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers, their rotors turning at moderate speed, red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles; wind offshore 1.8 GW is suggested in the far-right background as a faint line of turbines on the horizon over a dark sea; hard coal 4.3 GW appears as a smaller conventional power station with a single large smokestack behind the brown coal complex; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip conveyor and modest chimney between the gas and wind zones; hydro 1.5 GW is a small dam structure nestled in a valley in the far background. The sky is deep blue-grey pre-dawn, 05:00 in April — no direct sunlight, no twilight glow yet, only the faintest hint of steel-blue luminance along the eastern horizon beneath a completely overcast, heavy cloud ceiling. No solar panels anywhere. The atmosphere is oppressive and dense, reflecting the high electricity price — low clouds press down on the industrial landscape. Temperature is cool early spring: bare branches on scattered deciduous trees, pale dormant grass, patches of dew. The ground is flat northern German terrain. Artificial lighting — sodium streetlamps casting amber pools, white LED floodlights on plant structures, glowing control-room windows — provides all illumination. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette of indigo, umber, ochre, and slate; visible brushwork with atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro contrasts between dark sky and lit industrial facilities; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and gas-turbine exhaust stack. No text, no labels.