Brown coal 9.3 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers releasing thick white-grey steam plumes into the night sky; natural gas 5.5 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall singular exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a large coal-fired plant with rectangular boiler houses and a single broad chimney trailing faint smoke; biomass 3.7 GW sits to the right as a cluster of smaller industrial buildings with short stacks and warm amber-lit interiors; wind onshore 2.4 GW appears in the far right background as a sparse row of three-blade turbines on a ridge, rotors nearly motionless; wind offshore 0.8 GW is suggested by distant tiny red aviation lights on the far horizon; hydro 1.7 GW is rendered as a concrete run-of-river dam in the right foreground with water glinting faintly under artificial light. TIME: 04:00 deep night — completely dark sky, no twilight, no sky glow, deep navy-black firmament with scattered stars visible between drifting steam plumes. All facilities are lit by warm sodium-vapor streetlights and industrial floodlights casting orange pools on concrete and steel. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, haze hanging low, reflecting the high electricity price. Mild summer air at 19°C — lush deciduous trees in full dark-green leaf along the riverbank barely visible in the gloom, grass dewy. No solar panels anywhere. No sunshine. The landscape is a broad German river valley, flat to gently rolling. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette of deep blues, warm ambers, and ashen greys — visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, lattice tower, cooling tower curvature, and exhaust stack. The scene feels monumental, somber, and industrially sublime. No text, no labels.