Brown coal 5.4 GW dominates the left quarter as three massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the sky; hard coal 4.6 GW sits adjacent as a large power station with rectangular chimneys and conveyor belts feeding dark fuel; natural gas 3.9 GW appears as two compact CCGT units with tall slender exhaust stacks emitting thin vapour in the left-centre; biomass 3.7 GW is rendered as a mid-sized industrial plant with a rounded wood-chip silo and modest smokestack in the centre; wind onshore 7.0 GW spans the right third as a long row of tall three-blade turbines on lattice towers across rolling farmland, blades turning very slowly in light wind; wind offshore 2.1 GW appears as a small cluster of turbines visible on the far-right horizon over a strip of grey sea; solar 1.3 GW is a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the centre-right foreground, their surfaces dark and unreflective in the pre-dawn absence of direct sunlight; hydro 1.0 GW is a small concrete dam structure with water cascading, nestled in the far background near low hills. The sky is early dawn at 06:00 in August — deep blue-grey overhead transitioning to a thin pale band of cold pre-dawn light along the eastern horizon, no direct sun visible, no warm colours yet. The landscape is flat to gently rolling central German terrain with green summer fields and mature deciduous trees in full leaf. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high 157 EUR/MWh price — a faint industrial haze hangs low, the cooling tower plumes spread and flatten, lending weight to the air. Temperature is cool at 12°C with light dew on the grass. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, deep colour palette dominated by indigo, slate, and muted earth tones, visible confident brushwork, atmospheric perspective creating depth from the foreground panels and biomass plant through the coal stations to the distant wind turbines, each technology rendered with meticulous engineering accuracy. No text, no labels.