As an introduction, the pie charts illustrate the percentages of electricity which was produced by different sources including
renewables
, during the year 2009 in Use synonyms
Germany
and in Use synonyms
France
.
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Overall
, it can be seen that in Linking Words
Germany
the largest amount of power was generated through conventional thermal process, Use synonyms
whereas
in Linking Words
France
it was by nuclear method. Use synonyms
In addition
, the most popular Linking Words
renewables
in Use synonyms
Germany
were biomass and wind Use synonyms
while
that of Linking Words
France
was hydroelectricity.
In Use synonyms
Germany
, more than half of energy was generated through conventional thermal sources at 59.6%, Use synonyms
while
nuclear parts contributed at 23% and Linking Words
renewables
produced 17.4%. In Use synonyms
France
, around three quarters were made from the nuclear method, Use synonyms
whereas
conventional thermal and Linking Words
renewables
produced 10.3% and 13.7% respectively.
Turning to Use synonyms
renewables
, an almost equal percentage of power is produced by biomass and wind at 39.3% and 36.9% in Use synonyms
Germany
. The rest was from hydroelectric and solar at 17.7% and 6.1% respectively. Use synonyms
Similarly
, the hydroelectric method generated more than three-quarters of the requirement at 80.5% in Linking Words
France
, Use synonyms
while
biomass and wind contributed in roughly similar proportions at around 10% with the least contribution from solar power.Linking Words
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