Brown coal 8.9 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the night sky; natural gas 5.1 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks emitting heat shimmer and faint orange-lit exhaust; hard coal 3.8 GW appears centre-right as a large coal-fired power station with blocky boiler houses, conveyor belts, and a trio of tall chimneys glowing at their tips; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered in the mid-ground as a wood-chip fueled CHP plant with a modest stack and warm amber-lit windows in its industrial hall; hydro 1.8 GW appears as a concrete dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley in the far right background, with lit spillway; wind onshore 3.4 GW is shown as a sparse row of three-blade turbines on a ridge behind the coal plant, their rotors barely turning in the still air, with red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 0.8 GW is suggested by a distant cluster of tiny red lights on the far horizon line. The sky is completely dark — a deep navy-to-black overcast sky at 20:00 in April, no twilight glow, no stars visible through total cloud cover. All illumination comes from artificial sources: sodium-orange streetlights lining an access road in the foreground, the incandescent glow of furnace mouths reflected on steam clouds, fluorescent light spilling from control-room windows, and the industrial floodlights on the coal stockyard. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, thick with humidity and the weight of a 157 EUR/MWh price, with low clouds trapping the reflected glow of the industrial complex in a lurid orange dome. Spring vegetation — fresh green leaves on birch and linden trees — lines a canal in the foreground, barely visible in the artificial light. A set of high-voltage transmission pylons marches across the scene from left to right, cables sagging under heavy load, symbolizing the massive import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, deep colour palette of burnt sienna, lamp black, and cadmium orange; visible impasto brushwork in the steam plumes and cloud layers; atmospheric depth with industrial haze softening the background. Each technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: three-blade rotor nacelles on lattice towers, hyperbolic concrete cooling tower profiles, CCGT stack geometry. No text, no labels.