Brown coal 11.8 GW occupies the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the black night sky; natural gas 9.2 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks topped by orange-lit flare tips and thinner steam columns; hard coal 4.4 GW appears centre-right as a dark industrial block with a pair of shorter rectangular cooling towers and conveyor belts faintly lit by sodium lamps; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a wood-chip-fueled CHP plant with a modest stack and warm amber glow from its boiler house windows, positioned right of centre; wind onshore 1.5 GW appears as a small cluster of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, rotors barely turning, their red aviation warning lights blinking; hydro 0.9 GW is suggested by a concrete dam spillway at the far right edge, faintly illuminated. The sky is completely black with no twilight, no glow on the horizon — a deep autumn midnight. Stars are barely visible through industrial haze. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting 198 EUR/MWh prices: low-hanging steam and industrial vapour press down over the landscape. Ground-level sodium streetlights cast pools of amber-orange light on access roads and rail sidings between the plants. Autumn vegetation — bare-branched deciduous trees and faded brown grass — edges the foreground at roughly 12°C. Overhead high-voltage transmission lines recede into darkness, symbolising the massive import flows. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape art — rich dark palette of indigo, umber, and ochre; visible thick brushwork; atmospheric sfumato in the steam plumes — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.