Brown coal 12.9 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a vast complex of hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes lit from below by orange sodium lights; natural gas 6.7 GW occupies the centre-left as a cluster of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting shimmering heat; hard coal 5.1 GW appears centre-right as a heavy industrial station with conveyor belts and squat rectangular boiler houses, red warning lights on chimneys; onshore wind 4.6 GW is rendered as a modest line of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge to the far right, rotors barely turning in the still air; biomass 4.0 GW appears as a smaller wood-chip-fed plant with a conical storage silo and a single stack emitting thin pale smoke, tucked between the coal and wind installations; hydro 1.1 GW is visible as a small dam structure with spillway in the far background valley. Time is 01:00 — the sky is completely dark, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, with faint stars visible through 21% cloud cover — thin wisps of cloud drift across an otherwise clear winter night. All illumination comes from artificial sources: intense sodium-orange floodlights on the coal plants, cooler white LED lights on the gas facility, blinking red aviation warning lights atop every stack and turbine nacelle. The landscape is flat to gently rolling central German terrain, early spring with bare deciduous trees and frost-dusted brown fields. The air feels cold at 2°C — frost glitters on metal structures and frozen puddles reflect industrial light. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, conveying the high electricity price through a brooding, dense quality to the air — steam plumes hang low, reluctant to disperse in the still conditions. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of deep blues, warm oranges, and cool greys, visible impasto brushwork, masterful chiaroscuro contrasting the glowing industrial complexes against the vast dark sky. Each technology is rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy: three-blade rotors with visible nacelles and lattice towers, lignite hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with realistic surface texture, CCGT stainless steel exhaust stacks. No text, no labels.