Brown coal 9.3 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the sky; natural gas 9.4 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 4.4 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal-fired station with rectangular chimneys and conveyor belt infrastructure; wind onshore 7.2 GW spans the right side as a line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers on low rolling hills, blades turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 3.1 GW is suggested in the far-right distance as faint silhouettes of offshore turbines on a dark horizon line over water; biomass 4.2 GW appears as a medium-sized industrial plant with a wood-chip storage dome and a single smokestack near the centre; hydro 1.7 GW is represented by a small concrete dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley in the mid-right background. Time of day is 05:00 in mid-April: the sky is deep blue-grey pre-dawn with the faintest pale luminescence along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight whatsoever, no solar panels visible anywhere. Landscape is early spring central German terrain — bare deciduous trees just beginning to show tiny green buds, cool damp meadows, patches of mist low along a river. Temperature is 7°C, atmosphere feels cold and damp. Cloud cover is 100%, a heavy unbroken overcast ceiling pressing down oppressively on the scene, reflecting the high electricity price with a brooding, weighty atmosphere. Sodium-orange streetlights and industrial facility lighting cast warm pools of artificial light on wet roads and concrete. Transmission pylons with high-voltage lines cross the middle distance, symbolising the heavy import flows. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, moody colour palette of deep navy, slate grey, ochre industrial tones, warm sodium orange — with visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric aerial perspective, and meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower rib, and smokestack. No text, no labels.