Brown coal 8.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by amber sodium lamps; natural gas 6.7 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer; biomass 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a blocky industrial plant with a wood-chip conveyor and a single squat chimney with faint grey smoke; hard coal 3.7 GW sits right of centre as a coal-fired plant with a single large cooling tower and coal bunkers visible under floodlights; wind onshore 2.7 GW appears in the right background as a small cluster of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, rotors barely turning in the still air, red aviation warning lights blinking; hydro 1.3 GW is suggested by a small dam structure in the far right distance with faint spillway lights. TIME: 03:00 — complete darkness, black sky with total 100% cloud cover obscuring all stars and moon, no twilight whatsoever, only artificial lighting from industrial facilities casting orange-amber pools on wet ground. Temperature 6.8°C: early spring vegetation — bare branches with the first tiny leaf buds, damp grass, a light mist hanging low across flat terrain. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — dense low clouds press down, the air feels thick and weighted. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines stretch across the scene connecting the plants, cables glistening with condensation. Foreground shows a rain-slicked road reflecting the orange industrial glow. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich, dark palette of deep navy, burnt umber, ochre, and lamp-black, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric chiaroscuro depth — but with meticulous engineering accuracy in every cooling tower, turbine nacelle, and exhaust stack. The painting conveys the sublime weight of industrial night. No text, no labels.