Brown coal 12.1 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic concrete cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lights; natural gas 7.8 GW fills the centre-left as two CCGT combined-cycle units with tall slender exhaust stacks venting thin grey plumes, their turbine halls glowing with interior light through high windows; hard coal 5.2 GW appears centre-right as a coal-fired plant with a single large smokestack and conveyor belts visible under floodlights; wind onshore 5.2 GW occupies the right portion of the mid-ground as a row of five three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their red aviation warning lights blinking against the black sky, blades barely rotating in the calm air; wind offshore 4.8 GW is suggested in the far distance as tiny red dots in a line along a dark horizon representing offshore turbine nacelle lights; biomass 3.6 GW appears as a smaller industrial facility with a wood-chip storage dome and a modest chimney near the coal plant; hydro 1.1 GW is a small run-of-river station glimpsed along a dark river in the foreground, water reflecting the orange industrial glow. TIME: 04:00, completely dark — the sky is a deep black-navy with no twilight, no moon, scattered stars visible through perfectly clear atmosphere. Temperature 6.7°C early autumn: ground-level mist clings to a river and low fields, browning late-summer grass lightly frosted. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive reflecting the high 167.2 EUR/MWh price — a dense industrial haze hangs in the still air, sodium streetlights cast harsh orange pools on access roads. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich chiaroscuro, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth receding into darkness — but with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.