You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The pie charts show the electricity generated in Germany and France from all sources and renewables in the year 2009. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.
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The pie charts illustrate the proportion of electricity generated in both
Germany
and France
from all sources and renewables in 2009.
Overall
, the total amount of electricity generation
in Germany
was higher than in France
. Moreover
, the highest electricity generation
in Germany
was conventional thermal, whereas
in France
, it was nuclear power
.
In the case of the production percentage of conventional thermal in Germany
, it stood at 59.6%, yet in France
, it was about the tenth. In contrast
, nuclear power
covered about three quarters
in Add a hyphen
three-quarters
France
, however
, in Germany
, it took up less than one quarter
. Turning to the Add a hyphen
one-quarter
generation
of renewable sources, it was around one-sixth in both of the countries.
Regarding renewable sources, the rate of biomass generation
in Germany
was about 40%, while
in France
the proportion was only 8.1%. The ratio of hydroelectric generation
was 80.5% in France
which was four times higher than in Germany
(17.7%). In the case of wind power
, it comprised almost 37% in Germany
and about tenth in France
. Meanwhile, solar energy was less than 1% in France
and 6.1% in Germany
. In terms of geothermal power
, it was not generated in either of the given countries.Submitted by s_syedy on
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