Brown coal 8.5 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, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 7.4 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, their metal surfaces gleaming under floodlights; biomass 4.6 GW appears centre-right as a medium-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip conveyor and a single smokestack with faint grey exhaust; hard coal 3.8 GW sits behind the brown coal as a secondary set of conventional boiler buildings with a pair of shorter stacks and red aviation warning lights; wind onshore 3.9 GW occupies the far right as a small group of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, blades barely turning in the light breeze, nacelle lights blinking red; wind offshore 0.6 GW is suggested by a faint line of tiny red blinking lights on the distant horizon; hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small dam structure in the far background with a thin ribbon of water catching artificial light. The sky is completely black to deep navy, 100% overcast with no stars, no moon, no twilight — a sealed ceiling of cloud faintly underlit by the industrial glow below. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the 153 EUR/MWh price — a thick, stifling haze hangs over the landscape. Spring vegetation is present but barely visible in the darkness: fresh green grass and budding deciduous trees at the margins, lit only by spillover from facility lights. Foreground shows wet pavement reflecting sodium-orange light, suggesting mild 14°C damp air. Transmission towers with high-voltage lines recede into the murky distance, symbolising the massive import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark palette of indigo, amber, charcoal and burnt sienna, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro drama — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.