Brown coal 9.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes into the black sky, lit from below by sodium-orange industrial lighting; natural gas 7.6 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT plants with tall slender exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer, illuminated by harsh security floodlights; hard coal 4.4 GW appears centre-right as a dark gabled coal-fired station with a single large smokestack and conveyor belts feeding coal hoppers, faintly lit; wind onshore 3.5 GW is rendered as a scattered line of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge to the right, their red aviation warning lights blinking in the darkness, blades barely turning in the still air; wind offshore 2.2 GW is suggested by a far-off cluster of turbine lights along a horizon line at the extreme right; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a modest wood-chip-fired plant with a glowing furnace visible through an open bay, positioned between the coal station and the wind turbines; hydro 1.5 GW is a small concrete dam structure in the lower right foreground with water flowing through illuminated spillways. The sky is completely black with total 100% cloud cover—no stars, no moon, no twilight whatsoever—a heavy oppressive overcast pressing down, conveying the high electricity price. The season is early spring: bare branches on scattered deciduous trees are just beginning to show tiny buds, grass is dull green, temperature around 8°C suggests a damp chill with faint mist clinging to low ground. All structures are reflected in a dark river running across the foreground. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen—rich chiaroscuro, visible impasto brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective—but with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, lattice tower, cooling tower curvature, and exhaust stack detail. No text, no labels.