Brown coal 8.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick luminous steam plumes lit from below by amber sodium lights; natural gas 6.9 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting pale heat shimmer; hard coal 3.7 GW appears centre-right as a dark coal-fired plant with a large boiler house and conveyor belts, red aviation warning lights blinking on its chimney; biomass 4.4 GW sits in the centre as a cluster of smaller industrial buildings with rounded digesters and modest stacks glowing warmly; wind onshore 4.5 GW occupies the right quarter as a sparse line of three-blade turbines on a ridge, their rotors virtually still in the calm air, nacelle lights faintly blinking red; hydro 1.3 GW is suggested by a small dam structure in the far-right background with a faint greenish floodlight. The scene is set at 23:00 in complete nighttime darkness — the sky is a deep black-navy vault with a scattering of cold stars visible through a nearly cloudless 5% cloud cover; there is absolutely no twilight, no sky glow, no horizon colour. The landscape is a rolling central German terrain with spring grass and budding trees barely visible in the industrial glow. The atmosphere feels heavy, oppressive, and expensive — thick haze clings to the ground around the power stations, the combined steam and exhaust creating a weighty, brooding canopy of warm amber and grey tones against the cold black sky. High-tension transmission lines recede into the darkness toward distant borders, suggesting the massive import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the furnace glow and the enveloping darkness, atmospheric depth and sfumato in the steam plumes, meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.