Brown coal 6.9 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the dark sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights. Natural gas 6.1 GW occupies the centre-left as compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, their steel structures glowing under halogen work lights. Hard coal 4.8 GW appears centre-right as a pair of large coal-fired boiler houses with prominent chimneys and conveyor belts leading to dark coal bunkers, windows lit from within. Wind onshore 5.1 GW is rendered as a row of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge to the right, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the darkness, rotors turning slowly in light breeze. Biomass 4.0 GW appears as a mid-sized plant with a cylindrical silo and modest chimney in the right-centre middle ground. Wind offshore 1.3 GW is barely suggested as faint red lights on the far-right horizon. Hydro 1.0 GW is a small dam structure with cascading water in the far right background. Solar 0.6 GW is represented by a small array of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the foreground, dark and inactive, reflecting only artificial light. The sky is completely dark — deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, stars faintly visible between the industrial steam plumes. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, the air thick with residual summer heat at 31.5 °C; vegetation in the foreground is lush midsummer green but wilting, leaves curling. Distant high-voltage transmission lines with red warning lights stretch across the scene, symbolizing the massive import flows. The landscape is flat central German terrain. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of deep blues, warm oranges, and industrial amber — visible impasto brushwork — atmospheric depth with layers of steam and haze — meticulous engineering detail on every installation — the mood of a Caspar David Friedrich nocturne transposed onto an industrial energy landscape. No text, no labels.