Brown coal 11.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a vast complex of hyperbolic cooling towers, their massive concrete forms silhouetted against a black overcast sky, thick white steam plumes rising and merging with the low clouds, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial floodlights; natural gas 8.9 GW fills the centre-right as a row of compact CCGT power plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, their metallic housings glinting under harsh facility lighting; hard coal 4.4 GW appears as a mid-sized coal station with rectangular boiler houses, conveyor belts, and a single large smokestack trailing grey-white emissions, positioned centre-left; biomass 3.8 GW is rendered as a smaller wood-chip burning facility with a modest cylindrical stack and warm amber glow from its combustion hall, set in the mid-ground right; wind onshore 2.5 GW appears as a sparse cluster of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their rotors nearly motionless in the dead-calm air, blinking red aviation lights the only sign of life; hydro 0.9 GW is suggested by a small dam structure with a faint white cascade visible in the far background valley. The hour is 4 AM in early October: the sky is completely black with dense 100% cloud cover pressing low, no stars visible, no twilight, no moon. The temperature is 6.4°C — autumn chill suggested by patches of frost on metal railings and condensation on surfaces. Bare and yellowing deciduous trees frame the edges. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, reflecting extreme electricity prices — a thick, stagnant industrial haze hangs over everything. High-voltage transmission lines with lattice pylons stretch into the distance, symbolising the massive import flows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts between the black sky and the orange-lit industrial landscape, atmospheric depth with haze layers receding into darkness, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower rib, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.