Brown coal 9.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive complex of four hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the night sky, lit from below by amber sodium lamps and glowing conveyor belts carrying lignite; natural gas 6.2 GW fills the centre-left as two modern CCGT plants with tall slender exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour trails, turbine halls illuminated by cold industrial floodlights; biomass 4.2 GW appears centre-right as a cluster of smaller industrial buildings with wood-chip storage domes and squat chimneys releasing faint grey smoke, warmly lit windows visible; hard coal 3.8 GW sits behind the biomass as a traditional coal plant with a single large smokestack and coal bunker silhouettes; wind onshore 2.2 GW is rendered as a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge to the far right, their red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 1.6 GW is suggested by a faint line of turbine lights on a far horizon; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small dam structure in the far background with water glinting under artificial light. The sky is completely black with a deep navy tone near the horizon, cloudless at 2% cover, revealing sharp stars and a faint Milky Way. No twilight, no sun glow — pure midnight darkness. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high 144.3 EUR/MWh price: a thick industrial haze hangs low, sodium-orange light pollution creates a brooding amber dome over the thermal plants. Spring vegetation — leafy deciduous trees, fresh grass — is barely visible in pools of artificial light, temperature around 14°C suggested by light mist in low-lying areas. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette of deep blues, warm ambers, and sooty greys, visible expressive brushwork, atmospheric depth with layers of industrial haze. Each energy technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: lattice towers on wind turbines, correct nacelle proportions, hyperbolic concrete cooling tower geometry with ribbed surfaces, aluminium-clad CCGT housings. The scene evokes Caspar David Friedrich's sense of sublime scale but applied to an industrial nocturne — humanity's thermal machines glowing defiantly against the vast dark. No text, no labels.