Brown coal 7.9 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick ivory steam plumes rising into a deep blue-grey pre-dawn sky; natural gas 5.2 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall singular exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 2.9 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal plant with a single rectangular boiler house and conveyor belts leading to a dark fuel pile; biomass 4.2 GW sits to the right of centre as a cluster of wood-chip-fired CHP facilities with modest chimneys and stacked timber logs visible in the yard; hydro 1.8 GW is rendered as a concrete dam and spillway nestled in a low valley in the right background; wind onshore 0.9 GW appears as two barely turning three-blade turbines on lattice towers on a distant ridge at far right; wind offshore 1.0 GW is suggested by the faintest silhouettes of turbines on a dark horizon line beyond a river. The sky is the deep blue-grey of earliest civil twilight — no direct sunlight, no orange glow, only the faintest pale luminescence at the eastern horizon suggesting dawn is perhaps 30 minutes away. No solar panels are visible anywhere. Cloud cover is heavy at 84%, rendered as low, oppressive stratiform clouds pressing down on the landscape, contributing to a weighty, almost suffocating atmosphere reflecting the high 110.9 EUR/MWh electricity price. Air is nearly still — smoke and steam rise vertically with almost no drift, reflecting 2.7 km/h wind. Temperature is 9.8°C in mid-April: early spring vegetation shows pale green buds on bare-branched deciduous trees, wet grass, patches of morning dew. Sodium streetlights cast amber pools along an access road winding between the facilities. A river in the mid-ground reflects the cooling tower lights and the faint sky. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with layered mist between industrial structures, Caspar David Friedrich's sense of sublime scale applied to an industrial energy landscape. Meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, transformer yard, and smokestack. No text, no labels.