Brown coal 9.3 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the dark sky; natural gas 6.7 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting heat shimmer; biomass 4.5 GW appears centre-right as a cluster of industrial wood-chip plants with short chimneys and warm amber-lit storage silos; hard coal 3.8 GW sits behind the gas plant as a traditional coal station with a large boiler house and conveyor belts, lit by sodium floodlights; wind onshore 3.8 GW occupies the right portion as a sparse row of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors barely turning in the light breeze; hydro 1.3 GW is visible as a small dam and spillway in the far right middle ground with white water catching artificial light; solar 1.0 GW appears as a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the foreground, completely dark and reflectionless under the night sky; wind offshore 0.4 GW is hinted at by a pair of distant turbines on the far horizon. TIME: 20:00 in May, fully dark — a deep navy-to-black sky with no twilight glow, no sunset remnants, stars barely visible through 62% cloud cover rendered as heavy grey-purple masses. All facilities are illuminated only by harsh sodium-orange streetlights, industrial floodlights, and glowing control-room windows. The atmosphere is oppressive and heavy, reflecting the extreme 250.9 EUR/MWh price — low haze hangs over the industrial complex, steam merges with cloud. Spring vegetation — fresh green grass and leafy deciduous trees — is barely visible in the artificial light at 13°C. The air is still, with almost no motion in flags or vegetation. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the sodium-lit industrial structures and the engulfing darkness, atmospheric depth receding into a coal-haze horizon, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.