Brown coal 12.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the darkness, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 10.7 GW fills the centre-left as several compact CCGT power plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, their metal facades gleaming under harsh artificial lighting; biomass 4.5 GW appears centre-right as a group of smaller industrial facilities with rounded storage silos and short stacks producing faint wisps of smoke, warmly lit; hard coal 3.3 GW sits in the right-centre as a traditional coal plant with a large boiler house, conveyor belts, and a broad chimney with a red aviation warning light; wind onshore 1.5 GW appears as a few distant three-blade turbines on the far right horizon, their nacelle lights blinking red, rotors barely turning in the still air; wind offshore 0.7 GW is suggested by a faint cluster of red blinking lights on the far right horizon line; hydro 1.0 GW is represented by a concrete dam structure in the lower-right foreground with water glinting under floodlights. The sky is completely black with no twilight or sky glow, heavy 100% overcast obscuring all stars, creating a low oppressive ceiling that reflects the orange-sodium glow of the industrial complex below. The atmosphere feels heavy and dense, almost suffocating, conveying the extreme price pressure. Autumn vegetation — bare-branching trees, brown grasses — is faintly visible in the foreground. The scene is rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts between the black sky and the glowing industrial fires below, atmospheric depth achieved through layered mist and steam, meticulous engineering detail on every cooling tower, turbine nacelle, and exhaust stack, the overall mood sublime and monumental. No text, no labels.