Brown coal 9.0 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power plant complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white-grey steam plumes into the heavy overcast; natural gas 6.3 GW occupies the centre-left as two modern CCGT units with tall slender exhaust stacks venting heat shimmer; hard coal 4.0 GW appears centre-right as a large coal-fired station with a single wide smokestack and conveyor belts feeding fuel bunkers; biomass 3.7 GW is rendered as a cluster of smaller industrial buildings with cylindrical wood-pellet silos and modest exhaust columns in the right-centre; onshore wind 3.5 GW appears as a row of eight large three-blade turbines on a distant ridge to the far right, their rotors turning slowly in light wind; hydro 1.8 GW is suggested by a concrete dam and spillway visible in a valley in the far background right. The sky is pre-dawn deep blue-grey at 05:00 Berlin time — no direct sunlight, no sun visible, no orange glow, only the faintest pale lightening along the eastern horizon beneath a completely overcast ceiling of low stratus clouds pressing down oppressively. No solar panels anywhere — the darkness and cloud cover forbid them. The atmosphere feels heavy and thick, reflecting the high electricity price. The landscape is lush central German summer countryside with dark green deciduous trees and fields, but all muted under the dim pre-dawn light. Sodium-orange industrial lighting illuminates the power plant complexes, reflecting off wet surfaces. Transmission towers with high-voltage lines connect the facilities across the rolling terrain. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, dramatic chiaroscuro, atmospheric depth reminiscent of Caspar David Friedrich meeting industrial realism — with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and lattice pylon. No text, no labels.