Brown coal 9.5 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into heavy overcast, surrounded by conveyor belts and lignite stockpiles; solar 10.5 GW occupies the centre-left as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across flat farmland, their surfaces dull and reflective under diffuse grey light with no direct sun; wind onshore 5.3 GW appears as a row of three-blade turbines on gentle hills in the centre, rotors turning slowly in light breeze; natural gas 6.2 GW fills the centre-right as two compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks and visible heat shimmer; hard coal 4.2 GW sits to the right as a smaller coal-fired station with a single rectangular cooling tower and smokestack; wind offshore 3.5 GW is suggested in the far right background as turbines on the misty horizon above a faintly visible coastline; biomass 4.4 GW appears as a wood-chip-fed CHP plant with a modest chimney and timber storage yard in the middle distance; hydro 1.5 GW is a small run-of-river weir with a powerhouse nestled along a stream in the foreground. The sky is dusk at 18:00 in late May — a narrow band of orange-red glow along the lower western horizon rapidly giving way to dark grey-blue overcast above, 94% cloud cover pressing down oppressively, consistent with the high electricity price. The atmosphere is heavy and humid at 16°C, spring green foliage on birch and linden trees, tall grass in meadows, but colours muted under the thick clouds. Light wind barely stirs the leaves. The overall mood is weighty and industrial. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters — rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth and sfumato in the distant haze, dramatic chiaroscuro where the last dusk light catches the steam plumes. Every technology is painted with meticulous engineering accuracy: turbine nacelles, lattice towers, panel racking, cooling tower parabolic geometry, gas turbine exhaust ducting. No text, no labels.