Brown coal 8.4 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the dark sky, lit from below by orange sodium floodlights; natural gas 5.7 GW fills the centre-left as compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour trails, illuminated by harsh industrial spotlights; hard coal 3.7 GW appears behind them as a smaller coal plant with a single squat cooling tower and conveyor belts visible under floodlights; biomass 4.2 GW sits centre-right as a wood-chip storage dome and a modest generating hall with a gently smoking chimney, warmly lit; onshore wind 10.4 GW spans the right third of the composition as dozens of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular steel towers stretching across rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky, blades turning slowly in moderate breeze; offshore wind 1.9 GW appears as a few distant turbines on the far-right horizon, tiny red lights marking them; solar 2.1 GW is represented by a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-ground, dark and barely reflective, catching only the last trace of ambient light; hydro 1.1 GW appears as a small dam and penstock structure in a valley, water glinting faintly under a lamp. The sky is deep navy-black—it is 20:00 in July in Germany, past civil twilight, with only a faint residual amber glow clinging to the very lowest western horizon; 14 percent cloud cover means a mostly clear sky with scattered thin clouds revealing stars. The air feels warm at 19 degrees, lush green summer vegetation on hillsides, tall grass and wildflowers in the foreground. The overall atmosphere is heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, conveying the strain of a 185 EUR/MWh price—an ominous amber-tinged industrial haze hangs low around the coal plants, sodium lights casting harsh pools of orange. High-voltage transmission pylons march across the middle distance, cables sagging with heavy current, symbolising imports. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime—rich colour palette of deep indigo, coal-smoke grey, sodium orange, and blinking red; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric depth with aerial perspective fading distant turbines into haze; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and CCGT stack. No text, no labels.