Brown coal 7.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes rising into the black sky; natural gas 6.0 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks and smaller vapor trails; hard coal 4.0 GW appears centre-right as a classical coal plant with a large chimney and conveyor belt infrastructure; biomass 4.0 GW is rendered as a mid-ground cluster of smaller industrial units with woody fuel piles and modest stacks; wind onshore 3.6 GW appears as a row of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, rotors nearly still in the dead-calm air; wind offshore 3.1 GW is suggested by faint red aviation lights of offshore turbines on a barely visible dark horizon line over the North Sea; hydro 1.4 GW is a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a forested valley at the far right edge. Time is 04:00 — the sky is completely black, no twilight, no glow on the horizon, deep navy-to-black overcast at 98% cloud cover blocking all stars. The only illumination comes from harsh sodium-orange industrial floodlights on the power stations, glowing furnace mouths casting red-orange reflections on nearby structures, and blinking red aviation lights on the cooling towers and turbine nacelles. The landscape is a flat German lowland with bare early-May vegetation barely visible in darkness, temperature near 5°C suggested by frost on metal railings and wisps of condensation. The atmosphere is heavy, oppressive, and claustrophobic — reflecting the 123.7 EUR/MWh price — with low-hanging cloud pressing down on the steam plumes, trapping them close to the ground. High-voltage transmission pylons march across the mid-ground, symbolizing the massive import flows. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark palette of blacks, deep blues, burnt oranges, and sulfurous yellows — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro contrasts, yet with meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and CCGT exhaust detail. The mood evokes Caspar David Friedrich's sublime darkness transposed onto an industrial nocturne. No text, no labels.