Brown coal 10.2 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a dense cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes merging into the overcast sky; natural gas 5.9 GW occupies the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT power plants with tall single exhaust stacks emitting thin heat shimmer; hard coal 4.1 GW appears centre-right as a blocky coal-fired station with twin chimneys and conveyor belts feeding dark fuel; solar 18.4 GW fills the right third and extends into the middle distance as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels on flat agricultural land, their surfaces reflecting only dull grey light under the heavy clouds; biomass 4.1 GW is rendered as a mid-ground wood-chip-fed CHP plant with a rounded silo and low steam outlet; wind onshore 1.2 GW appears as a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, rotors completely still; wind offshore 0.4 GW is suggested by a faint line of turbines on a grey horizon at the far right; hydro 1.1 GW is a small run-of-river weir with foaming water in the foreground. The sky is an oppressive, heavy blanket of 92% stratiform cloud cover in layered greys and muted pewter, pressing down on the landscape — daytime at 08:00 in summer so the light is diffuse and flat but clearly morning, with slightly cooler tones in the east. Temperature is mild at 17°C; lush green summer vegetation — tall grasses, leafy deciduous trees — but no wind movement, every leaf still. The atmosphere feels heavy, stifling, almost humid, reflecting the extreme 159 EUR/MWh price tension. High-voltage transmission pylons march across the middle distance, cables sagging slightly, symbolising the massive import flows. Painted as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters — rich impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth with haze softening distant cooling towers, meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, PV cell pattern, and industrial structure. Dramatic tonal contrasts between the dark industrial foreground and the luminous grey sky. No text, no labels.