Brown coal 9.3 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes rising into a uniformly grey overcast sky; hard coal 5.2 GW sits just right of centre-left as a coal-fired plant with tall chimneys and conveyor belt infrastructure feeding dark fuel into the boilers; natural gas 4.8 GW appears as a compact CCGT facility with twin exhaust stacks venting thin heat shimmer beside the coal plant; solar 12.8 GW occupies the right third of the composition as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across flat agricultural land, their surfaces reflecting only dull grey light under the dense cloud layer—no direct sunshine, no shadows; wind onshore 6.5 GW appears as a row of modern three-blade turbines on lattice towers across a gentle ridge in the mid-ground, blades turning very slowly in light breeze; wind offshore 2.7 GW is visible in the far distance as a cluster of offshore turbines on a grey horizon where land meets a sliver of North Sea; biomass 4.5 GW is represented by a medium-sized biomass CHP plant with a wood-chip storage dome and a single smokestack with faint exhaust, positioned in the mid-ground between the thermal and renewable zones; hydro 1.1 GW appears as a small run-of-river weir and powerhouse along a cold river in the foreground. The sky is completely overcast with heavy, low, oppressive stratiform clouds—no blue, no sun, no breaks—conveying the 94.4 EUR/MWh price tension. The lighting is full diffuse March morning daylight at 09:00, bright but shadowless, cold and flat. Temperature is 0.3°C: frost rims the bare branches of leafless deciduous trees, patches of old grey snow linger in field furrows, and the river water looks steel-grey and frigid. Dormant brown grass and plowed earth define the late-winter landscape. Style: highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—Caspar David Friedrich's atmospheric depth merged with Adolph Menzel's industrial precision—rich muted earth tones and slate greys, visible confident brushwork, dramatic atmospheric perspective receding into misty distance, meticulous engineering detail on every turbine nacelle, every cooling tower rib, every PV module frame. No text, no labels, no people.