Brown coal 7.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers billowing thick white steam into the night sky; natural gas 5.9 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 3.9 GW appears centre-right as a dark industrial block with a single large smokestack and conveyor belt silhouettes; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a mid-ground cogeneration plant with a squat cylindrical silo and wood-chip storage dome, warmly lit from within; wind onshore 2.3 GW appears as a small cluster of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, blades nearly still; wind offshore 1.9 GW is suggested by faint red aviation lights on distant towers at the far-right horizon; hydro 1.4 GW is a concrete dam spillway in the right foreground with a thin sheet of water catching sodium lamplight. Time is 01:00 at night in central Germany mid-May: the sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, scattered breaks in 47% cloud cover reveal a few cold stars. Temperature is a chilly 5°C — early spring foliage on birch and beech trees is pale green but barely visible in darkness. Wind is nearly absent: no motion in grass or tree branches, cooling tower plumes rise vertically. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, haze hanging low over the industrial landscape reflecting the high electricity price. Sodium-orange streetlights line an access road in the foreground, casting pools of amber on wet asphalt. High-voltage transmission pylons march across the middle distance, their cables disappearing into darkness toward the borders, symbolising the massive import flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of Prussian blue, burnt sienna, lamp black, and ochre; visible impasto brushwork; dramatic chiaroscuro from artificial lighting against the black sky; atmospheric depth with industrial haze; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower flute, and pylon insulator. No text, no labels.