Brown coal 11.6 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers belching thick white steam plumes into the black sky; natural gas 10.0 GW fills the centre-left as three compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer, lit by orange sodium floodlights; hard coal 5.5 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal plant with rectangular boiler houses and a single cooling tower, conveyor belts visible under industrial spotlights; biomass 4.5 GW stands as a mid-sized facility with cylindrical wood-pellet silos and a modest smokestack glowing warmly; wind onshore 3.8 GW occupies the far right as a small cluster of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, rotors barely turning in the light breeze, their red aviation warning lights blinking; hydro 1.5 GW appears as a small dam structure in the far background with illuminated spillway; wind offshore 0.3 GW is represented by a single distant turbine silhouette near the horizon. Time is 20:00 — completely dark night, no twilight, no sky glow, sky is deep black with total 100% cloud cover obscuring all stars. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the extreme 150.3 EUR/MWh price — a brooding industrial weight pressing down. Temperature is 5.3°C: bare deciduous trees with no leaves, patches of frost on the ground, cold breath visible from a solitary worker near the gas plant. The ground is flat North German plain with muddy brown fields. Sodium-orange and cold-white industrial lighting creates dramatic pools of light against absolute darkness. Smoke and steam dominate the sky, drifting slowly in the still air. High-voltage transmission lines with lattice pylons cross the scene, symbolizing the massive import flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth reminiscent of Caspar David Friedrich meeting industrial sublime — meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.