Brown coal 10.1 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into darkness; natural gas 6.2 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks emitting heat shimmer and faint orange-lit flue gas; hard coal 3.6 GW appears centre-right as a smaller conventional power station with a single large smokestack and coal conveyors illuminated by sodium floodlights; biomass 4.4 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with rounded storage silos and wood-chip conveyor belts, warmly lit from within, positioned right of centre; wind onshore 2.7 GW shows as a modest row of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge at far right, their red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 2.0 GW is suggested by tiny red dots on the far horizon line implying offshore turbine nacelles; hydro 1.5 GW appears as a small concrete dam structure nestled in a valley at far right with spillway water catching artificial light; solar 1.5 GW is represented by a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline PV panels in the foreground, dark and reflectionless, angled uselessly toward an invisible sun. TIME AND SKY: fully nighttime at 20:00 in late May — the sky is deep navy-black, completely dark with no twilight glow, heavy 90% cloud cover obscuring all stars, creating an oppressive low ceiling that traps the industrial light below. The atmosphere feels heavy and brooding, suggesting the extreme 204.7 EUR/MWh price — a thick, humid, stifling quality to the air. Sodium-yellow and harsh white industrial lighting illuminates each facility from below, casting dramatic upward shadows on the cooling towers and smoke plumes. Late-spring vegetation — lush green grass and full-leafed deciduous trees — is barely visible at the edges of the light pools, glistening slightly as if damp at 18.7°C. Light wind barely stirs the tree canopies. In the foreground, high-voltage transmission lines on steel lattice pylons stretch across the scene from left to right, symbolizing the massive import flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette dominated by blacks, deep blues, warm sodium oranges, and industrial greys — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with haze and steam diffusing the artificial lights, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower shell, and PV panel frame. The scene evokes Caspar David Friedrich's sublime darkness married to industrial realism. No text, no labels.