Brown coal 6.6 GW dominates the left quarter of the scene as a sprawling lignite complex with three massive hyperbolic cooling towers emitting thick white steam plumes into the grey sky, conveyors feeding raw brown coal from an open-pit mine visible in the background; solar 10.7 GW fills the centre-right as vast fields of aluminium-framed crystalline silicon PV panels stretching across flat farmland, their surfaces reflecting only dull grey light under the overcast; wind onshore 7.3 GW appears as a long row of tall three-blade turbines with white tubular towers receding into the misty distance across the right third, blades nearly motionless in the 1.9 km/h breeze; wind offshore 2.0 GW is suggested by a faint cluster of offshore turbines visible on a distant grey horizon line at far right; biomass 4.1 GW appears as a medium-sized wood-chip power station with a squat smokestack and timber storage yard in the mid-ground between coal and solar; natural gas 2.9 GW is rendered as a compact CCGT plant with a single tall exhaust stack and modest heat shimmer, positioned behind the biomass facility; hard coal 2.2 GW appears as a smaller conventional coal plant with a single square cooling tower near the lignite complex; hydro 1.7 GW is depicted as a small dam and powerhouse nestled in low rolling hills at far left. The sky is 97% overcast with heavy, low, uniform stratus clouds in shades of pewter and charcoal, pressing down oppressively to convey the high electricity price. The lighting is early dawn at 07:00 in late May — pale blue-grey pre-dawn light barely penetrating the thick cloud layer, no direct sunlight, no shadows, a flat diffuse luminosity. The landscape is late-spring central German plains with lush green grass, young wheat fields, and leafy deciduous trees at 16°C. The air feels still and humid. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, moody colour palette of greys, slate blues, muted greens, and industrial ochres, with visible impasto brushwork, atmospheric perspective fading the distant turbines into mist, and meticulous engineering accuracy in every nacelle, panel frame, and cooling tower. No text, no labels.