Brown coal 11.8 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers billowing thick white steam plumes into the grey sky; natural gas 6.0 GW occupies the centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat haze; hard coal 5.1 GW appears centre-right as a large coal-fired station with rectangular boiler house, conveyor belts carrying black coal, and a tall chimney; biomass 4.3 GW is rendered as a cluster of smaller industrial plants with wood-chip storage domes and modest stacks in the right-centre; wind onshore 1.9 GW appears as a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their rotors barely turning in the still air; wind offshore 0.5 GW is suggested by two tiny turbines visible on a far grey horizon line; hydro 1.1 GW is a concrete dam with modest spillway in the far right background nestled in forested hills; solar 0.1 GW is absent from the scene—no panels visible. The time is pre-dawn at 06:00 in mid-March: the sky is a deep blue-grey with the faintest pale band of cold light along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, no warm colours in the sky. Temperature is near freezing: bare deciduous trees with no leaves, patches of frost on the brown winter ground, thin ice on puddles. Cloud cover is 100%—a heavy, low, oppressive overcast ceiling presses down on the landscape, creating a claustrophobic industrial atmosphere reflecting the extreme 124.4 EUR/MWh price. Sodium streetlights cast amber pools around the power stations. High-voltage transmission lines with lattice pylons stretch across the scene toward the horizon, symbolizing the 10.8 GW of imports flowing into the country. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painting—think Caspar David Friedrich meeting industrial sublime—rich dark tones of slate grey, umber, ochre, and cold blue, visible impasto brushwork, dramatic atmospheric depth and chiaroscuro, meticulous engineering accuracy on every cooling tower, turbine nacelle, and exhaust stack. No text, no labels.