Brown coal 8.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick pale steam plumes into the black sky; natural gas 7.4 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks venting heat shimmer; biomass 4.0 GW appears centre-right as a mid-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip conveyor and a single squat smokestack glowing orange from within; hard coal 3.7 GW sits just right of centre as a traditional coal plant with rectangular boiler house and twin chimneys trailing thin smoke; onshore wind 3.5 GW is represented by a sparse row of tall three-blade turbines on a ridge in the right background, their rotors barely turning in the still air; hydro 1.5 GW appears as a small concrete dam with illuminated spillway in the far right distance; offshore wind 0.6 GW is suggested by a few tiny lit turbine nacelles on the far horizon line. The time is 3 AM — the sky is completely black with heavy 99% overcast blocking all stars, deep oppressive cloud ceiling pressing low; the only illumination comes from sodium-orange industrial lighting along catwalks, floodlit cooling towers, and scattered amber windows in control buildings. The landscape is flat central German terrain with spring vegetation barely visible — young green grass and budding trees faintly caught in artificial light, temperature a cool 7.7°C suggested by wisps of condensation around machinery. The atmosphere is heavy, close, and oppressive, reflecting the 117 EUR/MWh price — a brooding industrial weight hanging over the scene. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting — rich deep tones of charcoal, amber, burnt umber, and prussian blue; visible impasto brushwork in the steam plumes and cloud layers; meticulous engineering detail on turbine nacelles, three-blade rotors on lattice towers, aluminium-framed infrastructure, hyperbolic concrete cooling towers with realistic proportions. The mood channels Caspar David Friedrich's sublime darkness married to industrial grandeur. No text, no labels.