Brown coal 8.6 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes into a black night sky, their concrete shells lit from below by amber sodium floodlights. Natural gas 5.5 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks trailing thin heat shimmer, surrounded by brightly lit pipe racks and switchyards. Onshore wind 5.5 GW spans the centre-right as a line of modern three-blade turbines on lattice-free tubular towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking in sequence, blades turning almost imperceptibly in the near-calm air. Biomass 3.8 GW appears as a modest industrial plant in the mid-ground with a rounded silo and a single low stack producing a faint grey exhaust. Hard coal 3.0 GW sits behind the brown coal complex as a smaller power station with a rectangular boiler house and conveyor belts, lit by yellow work lights. Offshore wind 1.2 GW is suggested far in the background as tiny red beacon lights on the distant horizon. Hydro 1.0 GW is represented by a small concrete dam structure at the far right edge with water glinting under a single floodlight. No solar panels anywhere. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-to-black, overcast at 72% cloud cover so no stars are visible, only diffused glow from the industrial lights reflecting off the low cloud base, creating an oppressive orange-grey ceiling that conveys the high electricity price. The landscape is a flat German lowland with sparse summer vegetation, cool dew glistening on grass in the foreground. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich dark palette of indigo, umber, and amber — with visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric chiaroscuro depth, and meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.