Brown coal 10.6 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a massive lignite power station with four hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the frigid air; natural gas 9.4 GW fills the centre-left as a row of compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting heat shimmer; hard coal 6.2 GW appears centre-right as a traditional coal-fired plant with rectangular boiler houses and twin chimneys trailing grey smoke; wind onshore 5.9 GW spans the right background as a line of three-blade turbines on lattice towers turning very slowly in near-calm air; wind offshore 3.0 GW is suggested by distant turbines on a dark horizon line at far right; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a mid-ground wood-chip CHP plant with a modest stack and warm amber glow from its intake conveyor; hydro 1.1 GW is a small dam structure with spillway visible at the far left edge. The sky is deep blue-grey pre-dawn, 06:00 in early April — the faintest pale steel-blue light emerging along the eastern horizon, no direct sunlight whatsoever, the upper sky still nearly black. No solar panels anywhere — zero solar output. Temperature is below zero: frost coats the bare branches of leafless deciduous trees and covers dormant brown grass; patches of residual snow line ditches and field edges. Cloud cover at 65 percent creates a brooding, layered overcast in dark greys and slate blues. The atmosphere is heavy and oppressive, reflecting the extreme 152 EUR/MWh price — a thick industrial haze hangs low, steam and smoke merging into the cold dense air. Sodium-orange streetlights and amber industrial floodlights illuminate the power stations from below, casting warm reflections on frost-covered ground. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich impasto brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective receding into misty distance, dramatic chiaroscuro between the glowing industrial facilities and the dark pre-dawn sky. Meticulous engineering accuracy in every turbine nacelle, cooling tower curvature, and boiler house detail. No text, no labels.