Brown coal 7.9 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; onshore wind 7.0 GW fills the centre-right as a long row of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, rotors turning slowly in light wind, their aviation warning lights blinking red against the black sky; natural gas 4.6 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall slender exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by facility floodlights; biomass 3.7 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a square chimney and wood-chip storage dome, warmly lit from within; hard coal 1.9 GW sits behind the lignite towers as a smaller coal plant with a single rectangular stack and conveyor belts; hydro 1.7 GW appears as a concrete dam structure in the distant right background with spillway lights; offshore wind 1.4 GW is suggested on the far-right horizon as faint red blinking lights in a line over an implied dark sea. The sky is completely black with 100% cloud cover — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow whatsoever, a deep oppressive overcast darkness pressing down. The atmosphere feels heavy and close, reflecting the high electricity price. The landscape is a gently rolling central German plain in early summer, with dark green vegetation barely visible under artificial light. Cool temperature of 7°C suggested by a thin mist clinging to the ground between the industrial structures. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, moody colour palette of deep navy, charcoal grey, amber, and burnt orange; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric depth achieved through layered haze and carefully modulated light sources. Each technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles with three-blade rotors, aluminium cooling tower frameworks, CCGT exhaust geometry. The scene evokes the sublime tension between industrial necessity and nocturnal landscape. No text, no labels.