Solar 11.3 GW occupies the right quarter as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels reflecting dull grey light under near-total overcast; brown coal 6.8 GW dominates the left foreground as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers with heavy white-grey steam plumes merging into the low cloud deck, flanked by conveyor belts and lignite stockpiles; natural gas 4.5 GW appears centre-left as a compact CCGT power station with twin exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 3.5 GW sits behind it as a smaller classical coal plant with a single tall chimney and coal bunkers; wind onshore 6.3 GW stretches across the centre-right as a line of twelve three-blade turbines on lattice towers turning slowly in light wind; wind offshore 2.5 GW is visible in the far distance as a cluster of turbines on a hazy grey North Sea horizon; biomass 4.3 GW appears as a mid-ground timber-clad biomass plant with a modest stack and wood-chip storage yard; hydro 1.4 GW is represented by a small run-of-river dam and powerhouse beside a green river in the middle distance. TIME AND LIGHT: 18:00 in May, dusk conditions — the sun is very low behind 98% cloud cover, casting a diffuse orange-red glow along the lowest sliver of the western horizon, the sky above graduating rapidly from muted amber to heavy slate grey; the atmosphere feels oppressive and weighty, reflecting the high electricity price. The landscape is central German rolling farmland with fresh spring-green grass and young crops at 10°C, trees in full young leaf. Light wind barely stirs the vegetation. Overall mood is sombre, industrial, heavy. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich dark tonality reminiscent of Caspar David Friedrich meeting Carl Blechen's industrial scenes — visible confident brushwork, atmospheric depth with haze and steam dissolving into cloud, meticulous engineering detail on every installation. No text, no labels.