Brown coal 8.9 GW dominates the left third of the scene as massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into darkness, lit from below by orange sodium lights revealing lignite conveyor belts and open-pit mine terraces; natural gas 7.4 GW fills the centre-left as a cluster of compact CCGT power plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour, lit by harsh industrial floodlights; biomass 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a medium-scale power plant with a tall chimney and stacked timber logs in a yard under floodlights; wind onshore 3.7 GW is rendered as a sparse row of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge to the right, their rotors nearly motionless, red aviation warning lights blinking at nacelle height; hydro 1.6 GW appears as a concrete dam structure with spillway in the far right background, subtly lit; hard coal 3.7 GW sits behind the brown coal as a smaller conventional plant with a single large smokestack. The time is 4:00 AM — the sky is completely black with dense 100% cloud cover, no stars, no moon, no twilight glow whatsoever, only artificial light sources illuminating the industrial landscape. The air is cool at 7.5°C, with faint mist clinging low to the ground among early May greenery — fresh deciduous leaves on scattered trees barely visible in the gloom. The atmosphere feels heavy, oppressive, weighty — reflecting the very high electricity price. Power transmission lines with lattice pylons recede into the darkness toward the horizon, suggesting the large import flows. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette of deep navy, umber, burnt sienna, and industrial orange — visible confident brushwork — atmospheric depth achieved through layered fog and graduated artificial light halos — meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, CCGT stack, and pylon cross-member — the mood of Caspar David Friedrich meeting the Ruhr Valley at night. No text, no labels.