Brown coal 7.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the night; natural gas 6.4 GW fills the centre-left as compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting shimmering heat haze, lit by orange sodium floodlights; hard coal 3.4 GW appears centre-right as a coal-fired station with a large chimney and conveyor gantry, glowing amber from internal furnace light; biomass 4.3 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and a modest stack emitting pale vapour, positioned right of centre; hydro 1.2 GW appears as a small concrete dam with spillway in the right middle-ground, floodlit from below; wind onshore 4.9 GW occupies the far right as a scattered row of three-blade turbines on a ridge, their rotors nearly motionless in the still air, red aviation warning lights blinking at the nacelles; wind offshore 0.2 GW is barely suggested by a single distant turbine silhouette on the far horizon. The time is 1:00 AM—the sky is completely black with no twilight or sky glow, filled with sharp stars visible through perfectly clear air (0% cloud cover). The temperature is 6.3°C in late April: bare-branched trees are just beginning to show tiny leaf buds, and patches of frost glint on the foreground grass. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, reflecting the high electricity price—a thick industrial haze hangs low around the power plants, tinted amber and ochre by sodium streetlights and security floods. High-voltage transmission lines stretch across the scene, their cables sagging under load, pylons silhouetted against the glow of the industrial complex. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—rich, dark palette of deep navy, warm amber, and cool grey, visible brushwork with atmospheric depth, chiaroscuro lighting from artificial sources only. Each technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles with three-blade rotors on lattice and tubular towers, lignite hyperbolic cooling towers with correct proportions, gas CCGT exhaust stacks with heat shimmer. No text, no labels.