Brown coal 10.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a vast complex of hyperbolic cooling towers with billowing white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 6.6 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a traditional coal-fired station with rectangular cooling towers and conveyor belts; wind onshore 4.5 GW occupies the right portion as a modest line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers turning slowly in light breeze; wind offshore 1.1 GW is suggested by distant turbines on the far-right horizon over a dark sea; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a medium-sized industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and single stack near the coal plant; hydro 1.0 GW is a small dam structure with spillway visible in the far background. Scene is set at midnight under a completely black sky with brilliant stars visible through perfectly clear air (1% cloud cover), a warm 21.5°C summer night with lush green deciduous trees and tall grass barely moving in gentle 8.5 km/h wind. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive despite the clear sky, conveying the tension of 168 EUR/MWh prices — a thick humid haze clings low to the ground, trapping the orange glow of sodium streetlights and industrial floodlights. No sunlight, no twilight, no sky glow — only artificial illumination from the power plants reflecting off the steam clouds creates dramatic chiaroscuro. Power lines on steel pylons recede into the darkness, connecting the plants to unseen cities. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic nocturnal atmosphere reminiscent of Carl Blechen's industrial night scenes, deep Prussian blues and warm amber-orange contrasts, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower rib, and exhaust stack, atmospheric depth with distant facilities fading into humid darkness. No text, no labels.