Brown coal 8.8 GW occupies the left quarter as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the dark sky; natural gas 8.8 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power blocks with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 4.7 GW appears centre-right as a large industrial complex with rectangular boiler houses, conveyor belts, and a single tall chimney with a faint red glow; wind onshore 5.6 GW spans the right third as a line of three-blade turbines on lattice and tubular towers turning slowly on a distant ridge; wind offshore 2.5 GW is suggested by a handful of smaller turbines barely visible on the far-right horizon above a dark river; biomass 4.2 GW appears as a modest wood-fired plant with a conical woodchip silo and a short stack emitting pale smoke, nestled between the gas plant and the coal complex; hydro 1.4 GW is a small dam and penstock visible in the middle distance beside the river. Time is 05:00 in mid-April: the sky is deep blue-grey pre-dawn with the faintest pale luminescence on the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, no sun disc visible; the landscape is mostly dark, lit by sodium-orange industrial floodlights on the power stations and faint amber window glow from a small town in the valley. No solar panels anywhere — the scene is entirely pre-sunrise. Cloud cover at 67% renders the upper sky a heavy, oppressive blanket of indigo-grey clouds, reinforcing the high electricity price atmosphere. Temperature is 8.7 °C in early spring: bare deciduous trees just beginning to bud, damp green grass on gentle hills, patches of mist hovering over the river. Wind is light at 3.8 km/h — turbine blades turn lazily, smoke and steam rise nearly vertically. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich, dark colour palette of indigo, slate grey, warm amber, and cool blue-green; visible confident brushwork; deep atmospheric perspective with layers of mist; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower flute, CCGT exhaust stack, and conveyor structure. The mood is sombre, weighty, industrially sublime. No text, no labels.