Brown coal 10.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into blackness; wind onshore 8.2 GW spans the centre-right as rows of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers with red aviation warning lights blinking on nacelles; natural gas 5.8 GW appears centre-left as compact CCGT power blocks with single tall exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 4.2 GW sits behind the gas units as a traditional coal plant with twin chimneys and conveyor gantries; wind offshore 3.2 GW is suggested by distant turbine silhouettes on a dark horizon line; biomass 3.8 GW appears as a modest industrial facility with a low rectangular stack and warm interior glow from wood-chip conveyors; hydro 0.9 GW is a small dam structure at the far right edge with spillway lights. No solar panels anywhere. The sky is completely black with a heavy 100% overcast — no stars, no moon, no twilight glow — deep navy-to-black atmosphere that feels oppressive and weighty, reflecting the high electricity price. The landscape is flat to gently rolling central German terrain, early October, sparse deciduous trees with leaves turning brown and gold, visible only where sodium-orange streetlights or industrial floodlights illuminate them. Temperature around 8–9°C suggested by mist clinging to the ground near cooling towers. Ground-level wind is gentle — grass barely moving, smoke and steam rising mostly vertically with slight drift. The entire scene is lit only by artificial sources: amber industrial sodium lamps, white LED security floods on plant perimeters, red blinking aviation lights on turbine nacelles and chimney tops, warm yellow glows from control-room windows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime — with rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro, atmospheric sfumato in the steam plumes, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine blade, cooling tower curve, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.