Brown coal 11.1 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the darkness; natural gas 6.4 GW fills the centre-left as three compact CCGT power blocks with single tall exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 4.2 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal plant with conveyor belts and a pair of rectangular chimneys with faint orange glow at their tips; wind onshore 7.0 GW spans the right third as a row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers turning very slowly; wind offshore 1.0 GW is suggested by distant tiny turbine silhouettes on the far-right horizon; biomass 3.7 GW appears as a modest wood-chip-fed plant with a green-lit warehouse and single smokestack near the centre; hydro 0.9 GW is a small dam structure in the far background with water glinting under artificial light. TIME: 04:00 — completely dark, black sky with scattered stars visible through 2% cloud cover, no twilight, no sky glow, only sodium-orange streetlights illuminating roads between facilities and the warm industrial glow of furnace mouths and lit control rooms. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price — a faint haze hangs low across the landscape. Temperature is 8.6°C in late September: the vegetation is early-autumn with browning grasses and deciduous trees beginning to lose leaves, dew glistening on surfaces under artificial light. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich deep colour palette of navy, burnt umber, and furnace orange, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with layers of industrial haze receding into distance, meticulous engineering accuracy on turbine nacelles, cooling tower parabolic profiles, and CCGT exhaust geometries. No text, no labels.