Brown coal 11.7 GW occupies the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the night sky; natural gas 10.2 GW fills the centre-left as three compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting heat shimmer and thin vapour; hard coal 5.4 GW appears centre-right as a coal-fired plant with a single large smokestack and conveyor belts feeding a dark fuel pile; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a smaller industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a modest chimney, positioned right of centre; wind onshore 1.2 GW and wind offshore 1.8 GW appear as a sparse cluster of three-blade turbines on the far right horizon, their red aviation lights blinking faintly; hydro 1.2 GW is suggested by a small dam structure at the far right edge with water gleaming under artificial light. The time is 20:00 in September — the sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight glow, no sunset remnant. All illumination is artificial: sodium-orange streetlights lining an access road, harsh white floodlights on the industrial facilities, glowing control room windows. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the extreme 429 EUR/MWh price — a low haze of steam and industrial vapour hangs across the scene, partially obscuring stars. Temperature is mild at 16 degrees, early-autumn vegetation — dark green deciduous trees with the first hints of yellowing leaves visible under the artificial light. Light wind barely stirs the turbine blades. No solar panels anywhere. The landscape is flat central German terrain. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, dark colour palette dominated by deep blues, burnt oranges from sodium lighting, and white-grey steam; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro contrasts between the glowing industrial structures and the surrounding darkness; meticulous engineering detail on turbine nacelles, lattice towers, cooling tower parabolic curves, and CCGT exhaust architecture. No text, no labels.