Wind onshore 17.8 GW dominates the right two-thirds of the scene as dozens of tall three-blade wind turbines with white tubular towers and nacelles, rotors spinning visibly in strong wind, stretching across rolling Central German farmland into the deep distance. Brown coal 5.1 GW occupies the left background as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes drifting sideways in the wind, alongside a lignite power station with conveyor belts and stockpiles. Biomass 4.1 GW appears in the left-centre as a mid-sized industrial plant with a squat chimney emitting thin exhaust and stacked wood-chip storage silos. Natural gas 3.1 GW sits in the centre-left as a compact CCGT facility with a single tall exhaust stack and low rectangular turbine hall. Wind offshore 2.6 GW is suggested at the far-right horizon as faint turbine silhouettes on a distant North Sea coast visible through atmospheric haze. Hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small concrete dam and powerhouse nestled along a river in the mid-ground. Hard coal 0.7 GW is a single modest smokestack behind the gas plant. TIME: 02:00 at night — completely dark sky, deep black-navy overhead, no twilight, no sky glow whatsoever. All structures are illuminated only by warm sodium-orange industrial floodlights, red aviation warning lights blinking on turbine nacelles, and the faint amber glow of lit windows in facility buildings. The cooling tower steam is lit from below by orange industrial lamps. WEATHER: 8°C early April — bare-branched trees with barely emerging buds, damp green grass, full 100% overcast so no stars visible, strong 21 km/h wind shown by sideways-streaming steam plumes and bent grass. ATMOSPHERE: moderately oppressive, heavy low clouds pressing down, reflecting faint industrial orange glow, conveying the 80 EUR/MWh price tension. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of Prussian blue, burnt umber, and warm ochre highlights, visible confident brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, and exhaust stack. The scene feels like a Caspar David Friedrich nocturne reimagined for the industrial energy age. No text, no labels.