Brown coal 10.9 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a vast complex of hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the night sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 7.2 GW fills the centre-left as a cluster of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin transparent heat shimmer, illuminated by harsh white work lights; wind onshore 5.5 GW occupies the centre-right as a sparse line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers stretching across low rolling hills, their red aviation warning lights blinking slowly, rotors barely turning in the still air; hard coal 4.2 GW appears to the right as a traditional power station with a single large smokestack and conveyor belt infrastructure, glowing orange from internal furnace light; biomass 3.8 GW is rendered as a smaller industrial facility with a rounded silo and modest exhaust, nestled among trees at centre-right; hydro 0.9 GW appears as a small concrete dam with a faint cascade of water reflecting industrial light at the far right; wind offshore 0.6 GW is barely visible as tiny silhouettes of turbines on the distant horizon. The sky is completely black with no twilight or sky glow, heavy cloud cover at 73% blocks all stars, creating a dense oppressive canopy that presses down on the scene — reflecting the high 184 EUR/MWh price. The season is early autumn with trees showing the first hints of yellowing leaves, temperature around 12°C suggested by faint mist clinging to the ground. The landscape is a wide German lowland river valley, rendered in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro between the sodium-lit industrial foreground and the pitch-black sky, atmospheric depth created by layers of steam and mist, meticulous engineering accuracy in every cooling tower curve, turbine nacelle, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.