Brown coal 11.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes into the dark sky; natural gas 8.2 GW fills the centre-left as a row of modern CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting shimmering heat haze; hard coal 5.2 GW appears centre-right as a gritty coal-fired plant with rectangular boiler houses and a single large smokestack; wind onshore 10.7 GW spans the right third as a line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, their rotors turning slowly in light breeze, red aviation warning lights blinking at the nacelles; wind offshore 3.3 GW is suggested by a distant cluster of turbines on the far-right horizon over a dark plain; biomass 4.2 GW appears as a mid-sized industrial facility with a rounded wood-chip silo and a single exhaust flue glowing faintly orange; hydro 1.0 GW is a small dam structure in the lower foreground with water catching artificial light. Time is 22:00—fully dark night, black sky with no twilight or sky glow, a heavy 77% overcast blanket obscuring all stars, oppressive and weighty atmosphere reflecting the 200.8 EUR/MWh price. Sodium-orange streetlights and industrial floodlights cast pools of warm amber on wet autumn ground; mid-September vegetation with leaves just beginning to turn, temperature around 14°C suggesting a cool damp evening with slight mist hovering near the ground. No solar panels anywhere. Transmission lines with high-voltage pylons stretch across the scene, symbolizing import flows. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—rich, deep colour palette of indigo, umber, ochre, and burnt sienna, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro from industrial lighting against the black sky, atmospheric depth with haze and mist, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and exhaust stack detail. No text, no labels.