Brown coal 10.8 GW dominates the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into darkness, lit from below by orange sodium lamps; wind onshore 18.5 GW spans the entire background and right half as dozens of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles; natural gas 6.8 GW appears center-left as compact CCGT plant blocks with tall singular exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by industrial floodlights; hard coal 4.6 GW sits center-right as a smaller coal plant with a single large smokestack and conveyor belts visible under spotlights; wind offshore 4.7 GW is suggested in the far distance as a faint line of red blinking lights on the horizon representing a North Sea wind farm; biomass 4.4 GW appears as a modest wood-chip-fed power station with a corrugated metal building and small chimney, warmly lit; hydro 0.8 GW is a small dam structure at the far right edge with water gleaming faintly under a lamp. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sunset glow — it is 20:00 in late September. A thick 96% overcast blanket obscures all stars. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting the 233 EUR/MWh price. Late-summer vegetation — still-green deciduous trees with the earliest hints of yellowing leaves — lines rolling central German hills, barely visible in the ambient industrial glow. Low ground-level haze drifts between the cooling towers. No solar panels visible anywhere. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro from artificial light sources against profound darkness, atmospheric depth receding into misty industrial distance, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.