Solar 23.9 GW dominates the right half and centre of the composition as an enormous expanse of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across flat farmland, their dark blue surfaces reflecting a uniformly grey overcast sky — no direct sunlight, only diffuse pale illumination. Brown coal 9.4 GW occupies the left quarter as a massive lignite power station with three hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes that merge into the low cloud base. Natural gas 5.8 GW appears centre-left as two compact CCGT units with tall slender exhaust stacks releasing thin heat shimmer. Hard coal 3.8 GW sits behind the gas plant as a single large boiler house with a rectangular chimney trailing grey smoke. Biomass 4.4 GW is rendered as a timber-clad industrial facility with a short stack and a woodchip storage yard in the mid-ground. Hydro 1.4 GW appears as a small concrete run-of-river weir on a stream in the foreground. Wind onshore 1.6 GW and wind offshore 1.0 GW are represented by a sparse handful of three-blade turbines on the far horizon, their rotors nearly motionless. Time is 08:00 in late May: full daylight but entirely overcast at 100% cloud cover — a flat, heavy, pearl-grey sky pressing down with no sun disk visible, creating an oppressive high-price atmosphere. Temperature 9.7°C: fresh spring vegetation, bright green grass and young birch leaves, but the air feels cool and damp. Near-zero wind: no motion in grass or flags, still water reflections. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich layered colour, visible confident brushwork, deep atmospheric perspective — yet with meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, PV module junction box, cooling tower fluting, and CCGT stack detail. No text, no labels.