Natural gas 10.6 GW dominates the centre-right as a cluster of large CCGT combined-cycle power plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting pale steam; brown coal 8.9 GW occupies the left third as massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white steam plumes rising into the heavy sky; hard coal 6.1 GW appears centre-left as a group of conventional coal-fired plants with tall square chimneys and conveyor belts feeding dark fuel; biomass 4.1 GW sits in the mid-ground as a collection of medium-sized industrial boiler buildings with wood-chip piles and modest stacks; onshore wind 2.4 GW appears as a sparse line of three-blade turbines on a distant ridge, blades barely turning in negligible wind; hydro 1.2 GW is rendered as a small dam with spillway in a valley in the far background. Pre-dawn hour: the sky is deep blue-grey with the faintest pale luminance along the eastern horizon—no direct sunlight, no warm colours in the sky. No solar panels anywhere. Temperature is near freezing—patches of frost on early spring grass, bare deciduous trees with the first tiny buds, dark evergreens. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the high electricity price: a thick industrial haze and low stratiform clouds at 64% cover press down on the scene. Sodium-orange streetlights and amber industrial floodlights illuminate the power plants from below, casting long warm reflections on wet roads and canals. Smoke and steam merge into the overcast. Highly detailed oil painting in the tradition of 19th-century German Romantic landscape painters—Caspar David Friedrich meets industrial sublime—rich impasto brushwork, deep chiaroscuro, atmospheric perspective with layers of mist, meticulous engineering accuracy on turbine nacelles, lattice towers, cooling tower parabolic profiles, CCGT exhaust geometry. No text, no labels.