Brown coal 9.0 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 dark sky, surrounded by conveyor belts and lignite stockpiles; natural gas 9.4 GW fills the centre as several compact CCGT power plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin translucent plumes, their turbine halls faintly lit by sodium-orange industrial lighting; hard coal 4.5 GW appears centre-right as a smaller coal-fired station with a pair of rectangular boiler buildings and a single large smokestack; biomass 4.2 GW is rendered as a wood-chip-fed combined heat and power plant with a modest stack and piles of timber visible under floodlights at right-centre; wind onshore 2.7 GW appears as a small row of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge behind the power stations, their rotors barely turning in the near-calm air; wind offshore 1.3 GW is suggested by a handful of turbines on a far horizon line; hydro 1.4 GW is a small dam and powerhouse nestled in a valley at the far right edge. Time is 05:00 in mid-April: the sky is deep blue-grey pre-dawn with the faintest pale band on the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight anywhere; absolutely no solar panels visible. The atmosphere is heavy and overcast at 81% cloud cover, a low oppressive ceiling pressing down on the industrial landscape, reinforcing the high electricity price. Temperature is 7°C: early spring, bare-branched trees beginning to bud, patches of frost on the ground, thin mist clinging to a river in the foreground that reflects the orange glow of the facilities. The scene stretches wide as a panoramic industrial valley. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich, dark colour palette of indigo, slate grey, burnt umber, and sodium orange; visible confident brushwork; atmospheric depth with layers of mist and steam; meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, smokestack, and conveyor. The painting conveys the immense weight of fossil-thermal infrastructure sustaining a nation in the dark quiet hour before dawn. No text, no labels.