Brown coal 9.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the dark sky, their concrete shells lit from below by orange sodium lamps; natural gas 8.4 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, steel structures glowing under industrial floodlights; biomass 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a mid-sized industrial facility with a tall brick stack and a conveyor belt feeding wood chips, illuminated by warm yellow work lights; hard coal 3.5 GW sits beside the brown coal as a smaller classical power station with twin stacks and a coal bunker, lit by overhead arc lamps; wind onshore 3.9 GW appears as a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge to the far right, their red aviation warning lights blinking faintly, rotors nearly still; wind offshore 0.8 GW is suggested by a single distant turbine silhouette near the horizon with a tiny red beacon; hydro 1.8 GW appears as a small concrete dam structure in the middle distance with water cascading over a spillway, floodlit from the base. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black with scattered stars visible between the steam plumes, no twilight or sky glow whatsoever — a true 23:00 summer night. The warm 22.8°C air is suggested by lush dark-green deciduous trees in full summer foliage lining the foreground, their leaves motionless in the calm. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high 199.4 EUR/MWh price — a faint humid haze hangs over the industrial landscape, diffusing the artificial lights into soft haloes. Transmission lines with high-voltage pylons stretch across the scene toward the horizon, symbolizing the massive import flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the artificial lights and the enveloping darkness, deep atmospheric perspective, yet meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.