Brown coal 8.3 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into heavy overcast skies; natural gas 7.2 GW fills the centre-left as two modern CCGT plant blocks with tall slender exhaust stacks venting heat shimmer; biomass 4.5 GW appears centre-right as a cluster of industrial biomass boiler buildings with wood-chip conveyor belts and modest chimneys trailing grey smoke; hard coal 3.8 GW sits behind the biomass plant as a classic coal-fired station with a single large rectangular stack and coal bunkers; wind onshore 3.6 GW occupies the right portion as a line of eight three-blade turbines on lattice towers turning slowly in light breeze on rolling green spring hills; solar 2.6 GW appears as a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the mid-right foreground, their surfaces dull and reflecting no sunlight under total overcast; hydro 1.6 GW is suggested by a concrete dam and spillway visible in a river valley far right background; wind offshore 0.8 GW is barely visible as tiny turbines on the distant grey horizon line over a flat sea. The lighting is late dusk at 19:00 in May — a fading orange-red glow lingers narrowly along the low western horizon while the sky above is heavy, oppressive, and darkening to deep slate grey, fully overcast at 100% cloud cover. The atmosphere feels dense and weighty, reflecting the 245 EUR/MWh price — haze and industrial steam merge with low clouds, pressing down on the landscape. Spring vegetation is lush with bright green grass and leafing deciduous trees at 17°C. Sodium streetlights are beginning to flicker on along an access road in the foreground. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich colour palette of burnt umber, slate grey, fading coral, and deep green — visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric perspective with depth and haze, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower profile, and panel frame. No text, no labels.