Brown coal 6.9 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into darkness, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 5.6 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting faint heat shimmer, illuminated by industrial floodlights; hard coal 3.3 GW appears behind them as a smaller coal-fired station with a single square chimney and conveyor belts visible under arc lights; biomass 4.4 GW sits centre-right as a wood-chip-fed power plant with a dome-shaped fuel storage building and a modest stack, warmly lit; wind onshore 7.0 GW fills the right third as a line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across rolling dark hills, red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles; wind offshore 2.0 GW is suggested in the far right distance as a faint row of turbine lights on the horizon above a dark sea; hydro 1.3 GW appears as a small illuminated dam structure nestled in a valley in the far background. The sky is completely black to deep navy, no twilight, no sky glow — a clear moonless night with scattered stars barely visible through an oppressive heavy atmosphere suggesting high electricity prices. Temperature is cool at 6.7°C; fresh spring grass and budding deciduous trees are barely discernible in the foreground under pale artificial light. Wind at 13 km/h animates the turbine blades with moderate rotation and stirs the steam plumes slightly. The composition conveys the weight of fossil-thermal generation sustaining Germany through the night. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich dark tones, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric chiaroscuro depth — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every cooling tower, turbine nacelle, rotor blade, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.