Brown coal 8.6 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the night sky; natural gas 7.7 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting hot gas, lit by orange sodium floodlights; wind onshore 4.9 GW appears in the right third as a receding row of three-blade turbines on lattice towers with slowly turning rotors, their red aviation warning lights blinking; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a mid-ground industrial plant with a tall rectangular boiler building and wood-chip conveyor belt, warmly lit from within; hard coal 3.7 GW appears as a smaller coal station with a single rectangular chimney trailing grey smoke, positioned behind the gas plant; hydro 1.5 GW is suggested by a concrete dam structure visible in the far right background with water spilling over a spillway illuminated by white floodlights; wind offshore 0.8 GW is barely visible as tiny distant turbine silhouettes on a dark horizon line suggesting the North Sea. The sky is completely dark, a deep navy-black with no twilight or glow whatsoever, partially overcast at 59% cloud cover so patches of stars peek through breaks in the clouds. The overall atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — the air feels thick with industrial haze and humidity, steam and smoke merging into the low clouds. The temperature is a cool 8°C spring night: fresh green vegetation is barely visible in the foreground, dew glistening on grass under artificial light. High-voltage transmission lines cross the entire composition, their cables sagging between steel lattice pylons, symbolising the heavy import flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich, with rich dark colour palette dominated by deep blues, warm oranges from industrial lighting, and grey-white steam — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower shell, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.