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The picture below shows the use of renewable energy accounting the total energy from 1971 to 2011. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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The diagram above illustrates the proportion of renewable energy in the total used in 6 countries over 40 years
Overall
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, an upward trend was seen in all nations except
Finland
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.
While
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Finland
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 used most non-fossil energy, the opposite was
England
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. In 1971, there were some fluctuations in
Finland
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,
Denmark
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, and the USA. Standing at 25%,
Finland
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 was the highest, with 10
times
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 the USA, followed by
Denmark
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 with 15%. Before bouncing back to the starting number,
Finland
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 fluctuated by 17%.
Denmark
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 fluctuated from the beginning to 1996,
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 increased until the end of the period. The US plummeted, surpassing
Germany
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 in 1981, and
Denmark
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 in 2006.
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, there were moderate changes in the remaining 3 countries. Britain was the lowest, only equal to one-eight France, and one-fifth of
Germany
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. Despite those,
England
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 experienced the quickest growth, with 5
times
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, followed by
Germany
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 and France, with respectively 3
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 and 2
times
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.
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 France and
Germany
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 share similar changing patterns,
England
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 shows a straight increase.
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, the figure for
England
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 remained the lowest.
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