Brown coal 9.1 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive complex of hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the overcast sky; hard coal 3.9 GW appears as a cluster of smaller coal-fired stacks with dark smoke just left of centre; biomass 3.9 GW is rendered as a compact wood-chip-fed power station with a modest chimney and stacked timber in the centre-left; natural gas 3.3 GW occupies the centre as two CCGT units with slender exhaust stacks and thin heat shimmer; wind onshore 4.1 GW fills the centre-right as a row of three-blade turbines on lattice towers, rotors barely turning in near-still air; wind offshore 1.2 GW appears as distant turbines on the far right horizon over a grey sea inlet; solar 3.1 GW is shown as aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in a ground-mounted array at the right foreground, their surfaces dull and reflecting no sunlight under the heavy clouds; hydro 1.0 GW is a small run-of-river weir with a modest powerhouse visible at the far right edge beside a grey river. Time of day is pre-dawn at 06:00 in late July: the sky is deep blue-grey with the faintest pale luminescence along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight, no warm colours in the sky — only cold, diffuse early light. Temperature is cool at 8.6°C despite being July; lush green summer vegetation covers rolling hills but appears muted and damp. Cloud cover is total — a low, heavy, unbroken overcast ceiling pressing down oppressively, conveying the high electricity price. The air feels thick and still, with no wind motion in the grass or trees. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, sombre colour palette of slate greys, muted greens, and deep blues; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric perspective with industrial structures receding into haze; meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, cooling tower ribbing, and panel frame. No text, no labels.