Natural gas 10.5 GW occupies the centre-right as a row of compact CCGT power stations with tall single exhaust stacks venting pale plumes; brown coal 9.7 GW fills the left quarter as massive hyperbolic cooling towers releasing heavy white steam columns; hard coal 6.2 GW appears centre-left as blocky industrial boiler houses with conveyor belts and twin chimneys trailing grey smoke; onshore wind 8.1 GW stretches across the right third as a line of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers, rotors turning slowly; biomass 4.1 GW is visible as a cluster of smaller wood-fired plant buildings with short stacks and warm amber-lit glow; hydro 1.2 GW appears as a modest dam and penstock structure nestled in a low valley at far right; offshore wind 0.9 GW is suggested by a few distant turbines on the far horizon line. Scene set at 23:00 in late March in central Germany: completely dark sky, deep navy-black, no twilight, no sky glow, stars barely visible through 45% partial cloud cover. Temperature 3.1 °C — bare early-spring trees with no foliage, patches of frost on the ground, cold still air with only light breeze. Sodium-orange streetlights along an access road cast warm pools of light on wet asphalt. The cooling towers and smokestacks are illuminated by industrial floodlights from below, their steam plumes glowing white-orange against the black sky. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, hazy with industrial moisture, reflecting the high electricity price. Wind turbine nacelles have small red aviation warning lights blinking. No solar panels anywhere — no sunshine at all. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting with rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro contrasts, atmospheric sfumato in the steam plumes, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower rib structure, and gas turbine exhaust stack. The palette is dominated by deep indigos, warm ambers, and cold steel greys. No text, no labels.