The pie charts show the electricity generated in Germany and France from all sources and renewables in the year 2009
The pie chart above depicts the proportion of electricity generated by various
sources
of energy
in 2009, all types and renewable sources
in Germany
and France
. Germany
generated energy
of 560 billion kWh in the year, whereas
France
's production was a smaller number at 510 billion kWh.
In Germany
, the source of energy
for electricity is dominated by conventional thermal for 59,6%, by contrast
in France
it is the smallest with a share of only 10.3%. On the other hand
, in France
, the largest share came from nuclear at 76,0% and accounted for 23.0% in Germany
. In both countries, renewable sources
are the least proportion with 17,4% and 13,7% respectively. In detail breakdown, these types of renewable sources
consist of biomass, hydroelectric, wind, and solar with hydroelectric the largest proportion in France
and biomass in Germany
at 80,5% and 39,3% respectively, followed by wind as the second largest source with a share of 36,9% and 10,5% each.
Solar power in Germany
and France
only accounted for 6,1% and 0,9% which is considered an insignificant amount. Neither in both countries utilize geothermal as a source of renewable energy
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