Brown coal 8.1 GW dominates the left third of the scene as a cluster of massive hyperbolic cooling towers with thick white-grey steam plumes rising into the overcast sky; natural gas 6.4 GW fills the centre-left as compact CCGT plants with tall single exhaust stacks venting shimmering heat haze; hard coal 3.8 GW appears centre-right as a dark industrial power station with conveyor belts and a tall smokestack; biomass 4.4 GW is rendered as a mid-ground facility with cylindrical wood-chip silos and a modest plume; wind onshore 3.4 GW and offshore 0.7 GW appear as a modest row of three-blade turbines on lattice towers along a distant ridge, blades turning in moderate wind; solar 2.8 GW is a small field of aluminium-framed crystalline PV panels in the right foreground, their surfaces dull and unreflective under the grey sky; hydro 1.3 GW is a small dam structure visible in a river valley at far right. The sky is dusk at 19:00 in May — a narrow band of deep orange-red glow clings to the lower horizon, quickly giving way to dark blue-grey and heavy 100% cloud cover pressing down oppressively, conveying the extreme 245 EUR/MWh price. The landscape is late-spring central Germany: lush green deciduous trees in full leaf, fresh grass, temperature around 18°C. Overhead transmission lines on steel lattice pylons stretch across the scene, symbolising the massive import flows. Wind bends the treetops slightly at 15 km/h. No direct sunlight anywhere. Painted in the style of a highly detailed 19th-century German Romantic oil painting — rich, moody colour palette of slate grey, burnt sienna, deep olive green, and amber; visible impasto brushwork; atmospheric depth with haze softening distant cooling towers; meticulous engineering accuracy on every turbine nacelle, every cooling tower's parabolic curve, every PV panel's grid lines. No text, no labels.