The graph below shows electricity production (in terawatt hours) in France between 1980 and 2012.

The illustration provides data related to four different ways of electrical

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generation in France, over the course of thirty years, starting in 1980 until recently. It's conspicuously obvious that the dominant source of

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over the period shown, generating

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430

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per hour,

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the lowest portion of

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generated was for renewables. In 1980, thermal

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stations were the main source of

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in France, generating around 120

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hours

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of

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. Nuclear and hydroelectric

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stations produced just under 75

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hours

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of

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each, and renewables provided a negligible amount. Just one year later, nuclear

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overtook thermal

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as the primary source of

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. Between 1980 and 2005,

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production from nuclear

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rose dramatically to a peak of 430

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.

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, the figure for thermal

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fell to only 50

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in 1985

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and remained at

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level for the rest of the period. Hydroelectric

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generation remained relatively stable, at between 50 and 80

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, for the whole 32-year period, but renewable

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production saw only a small rise to approximately 25

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hours

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by 2012.