Solar 17.5 GW dominates the scene as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon photovoltaic panels covering the entire right half and centre-right of the composition, angled southward, glinting intensely in low golden evening light. Brown coal 4.0 GW occupies the left background as two massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising against the sky. Biomass 3.9 GW appears centre-left as a cluster of compact wood-chip power stations with modest stacks and small biomass fuel piles. Wind onshore 3.6 GW is represented by a modest row of five three-blade turbines with white lattice towers on a gentle ridge in the centre-background, blades turning slowly in the light breeze. Natural gas 1.6 GW appears as a small CCGT plant with a single polished exhaust stack and thin heat exhaust, tucked between the biomass facility and the cooling towers. Hydro 1.2 GW is a small concrete run-of-river dam visible in the far left middle distance along a winding river. Hard coal 0.8 GW is a single older smokestack facility, small and partially obscured, at the far left edge. Wind offshore 0.2 GW is barely suggested as tiny distant turbines on the far horizon line. The time is 18:00 in early August: the sun is descending toward the western horizon at roughly 20–25 degrees elevation, casting long dramatic golden-orange light across the entire landscape. The sky is nearly cloudless at 10% cover — a deep, warm, slightly hazy blue overhead with a band of amber-gold along the western horizon. The atmosphere feels heavy and oppressive, with heat shimmer visible above the solar fields and cooling towers, reflecting the high electricity price. Lush green summer vegetation — tall grass, mature deciduous trees in full leaf, wildflowers — frames the foreground in the 26.9°C warmth. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape masters such as Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen, with rich impasto brushwork, luminous atmospheric depth, dramatic chiaroscuro from the low sun, and meticulous engineering accuracy on all energy infrastructure. No text, no labels.