Brown coal 11.7 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a vast cluster 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 8.6 GW occupies the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, their metal surfaces gleaming under harsh halogen spotlights; hard coal 3.3 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal-fired station with a single large smokestack and conveyor gantries, dimly illuminated; biomass 4.5 GW sits to the right as several medium-scale industrial plants with modest chimneys and warm amber-lit windows, wood chip piles faintly visible; wind onshore 1.5 GW is represented by a handful of tall three-blade turbines in the far right background, their rotors nearly still, red aviation warning lights blinking; wind offshore 0.7 GW is barely suggested as tiny red lights on the distant dark horizon line; hydro 0.9 GW appears as a small illuminated dam structure tucked into a wooded hillside at the far right edge. The sky is completely dark, deep navy-black with no twilight glow, heavy 88% cloud cover obscuring all stars, creating an oppressive low ceiling that traps the industrial light in a sickly orange haze. The atmosphere feels heavy and close, reflecting the 223 EUR/MWh price tension. Autumn vegetation — browning deciduous trees, damp grass — is barely visible in the peripheral glow. Temperature around 14°C suggests light mist curling near the ground. Overhead high-voltage transmission lines with lattice pylons stretch across the composition, symbolizing the massive import flows. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich chiaroscuro, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth — but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower parabolic profile, CCGT stack, and conveyor system. The mood channels Caspar David Friedrich reimagined for the industrial age: sublime, vast, melancholic. No text, no labels.