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 black sky, lit from below by orange sodium lamps illuminating the lignite plant's conveyors and bunkers; natural gas 6.3 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, floodlit in harsh white light; biomass 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a mid-sized industrial facility with a tall rectangular boiler building, wood-chip storage dome, and a single smokestack with faint vapour, lit by amber security lights; hard coal 3.7 GW sits to the right as a classical coal-fired station with a large rectangular boiler house, twin concrete chimneys glowing red from aviation warning lights, and a coal stockpile visible under floodlights; wind onshore 3.2 GW appears as a sparse row of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge in the far right background, their nacelle lights blinking red, rotors barely turning in light wind; hydro 1.4 GW is suggested by a small dam structure in the mid-ground right with a faint spillway glow; wind offshore 0.2 GW is a single distant turbine silhouette on a far horizon line. The sky is completely dark, a deep black canopy with 100% cloud cover — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow whatsoever. The temperature is mild at 14.6°C so spring foliage is full and green where visible under artificial light — young beech and linden trees along a road in the foreground. The atmosphere is heavy, oppressive, and humid, reflecting the high electricity price — a sense of industrial weight pressing down. A wide river in the mid-ground reflects the orange and white industrial lights in distorted ribbons. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark palette of deep indigos, warm ambers, and cool greys — with visible, confident brushwork, atmospheric sfumato in the steam plumes, and meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.