Brown coal 6.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes into the black sky, lit from below by harsh sodium-orange industrial floodlights. Natural gas 5.8 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT power stations with tall single exhaust stacks, their metallic surfaces glinting under amber work-lights, thin heat shimmer rising from vents. Biomass 3.7 GW appears centre-right as a cluster of squat industrial buildings with wood-chip conveyors and shorter stacks emitting faint whitish smoke, illuminated by warm yellowish facility lighting. Hydro 1.9 GW is rendered as a concrete dam structure in the middle distance, water gleaming faintly under a single row of security lights. Hard coal 1.8 GW stands to the far right as a smaller coal plant with a single cooling tower and conveyor gantry, its red aviation warning lights blinking. Wind onshore 1.4 GW appears as a handful of distant three-blade turbines on a ridge, their rotors virtually still, red nacelle lights barely visible. Wind offshore 0.4 GW is suggested as tiny blinking lights on the far horizon line. The sky is completely dark, deep black to navy, 100% cloud cover rendering it a featureless oppressive ceiling—no stars, no moon, no twilight glow whatsoever. The atmosphere feels heavy and stifling, befitting the high electricity price. The landscape is flat central German terrain with sparse early-summer vegetation, barely visible in the darkness, grass and low shrubs in muted dark greens. Foreground shows high-voltage transmission pylons with cables stretching toward the horizon, suggesting massive power imports. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting—rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the industrial glow and surrounding darkness, atmospheric depth with haze from cooling tower steam diffusing the artificial light, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.