Brown coal 7.4 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the heavy overcast sky; natural gas 6.1 GW fills the centre-left as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting hot gas; hard coal 4.0 GW appears centre-right as a coal-fired station with a large smokestack and conveyor belt feeding a coal bunker; biomass 4.1 GW is represented centre by a mid-sized industrial plant with a timber yard and wood-chip silo, modest chimney releasing pale vapour; wind onshore 4.0 GW appears in the right-middle distance as a cluster of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, rotors virtually motionless in the still air; wind offshore 3.2 GW is suggested far right on a distant grey sea horizon as a row of offshore turbines barely visible through haze; hydro 1.4 GW is a small dam structure at the far right foreground with water spilling gently; solar 0.2 GW is absent — no panels visible. Time is 05:00 in mid-May: the sky is deep blue-grey pre-dawn with the faintest pale luminescence along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, the landscape lit primarily by sodium-orange industrial lights, glowing windows in control buildings, and the amber glow of furnaces. Temperature is 5°C — sparse spring vegetation still dormant-looking, dew on grass, breath-like condensation around machinery. Cloud cover is 93%, a low oppressive blanket of stratus pressing down on the scene, reinforcing the high-price tension. Wind is nearly zero — smoke and steam rise perfectly vertical. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen — rich, dark, Romantic palette of deep navy, slate grey, ochre, and furnace orange — visible impasto brushwork — atmospheric depth achieved through layered mist and industrial haze — meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower, CCGT stack, and coal conveyor — the scene feels monumental, sombre, and quietly powerful. No text, no labels.