Brown coal 11.1 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power complex with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick steam plumes into the heavy sky; natural gas 7.5 GW fills the center-left as three compact CCGT units with tall single exhaust stacks releasing shimmering heat haze; biomass 4.0 GW appears center-right as a cluster of industrial wood-chip boiler buildings with modest chimneys trailing pale smoke; hard coal 3.7 GW stands behind the gas units as a traditional coal plant with a single large rectangular boiler house and two tall stacks; wind onshore 2.9 GW is represented by a small group of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, their rotors nearly motionless in the still air; solar 2.2 GW is shown as a modest field of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon panels in the right foreground, reflecting only the dull grey sky, no sunlight on their surfaces; wind offshore 0.7 GW appears as a faint silhouette of two offshore turbines on a far horizon; hydro 0.8 GW is a small run-of-river weir with modest waterflow in the near foreground. The sky is entirely overcast with thick, low, oppressive stratus clouds in shades of slate grey and bruised violet, creating a heavy, suffocating atmosphere reflecting the extreme price. The lighting is that of 18:00 in late September — dusk beginning, with a faint orange-red glow barely visible on the western horizon beneath the cloud layer, the upper sky darkening to deep grey-blue. Late-summer vegetation — still-green deciduous trees with a few early yellowing leaves — lines a river in the foreground. The air is warm and humid, with a hazy quality. Rendered as a highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters such as Caspar David Friedrich, with rich colour, visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric depth, and meticulous engineering accuracy for each technology. No text, no labels.