The pie charts show the electricity generated in Germany and France from all sources and renewables in the year 2009. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The pie charts illustrate
power
plant production sources
in two major categories, all types and renewables, in Germany
and France
, in 2009. Overall
, Germany
's electricity relied mostly on conventional thermal while
France
depended on nuclear power
. Moreover
, Germany
's proportion of renewable sources
usage was larger than France
's.
To commence with, conventional thermal was the biggest proportion of electricity production at 59.6% in Germany
, but France
used nuclear energy as their main source of power
at 76%. Therefore
, in Germany
, nuclear energy contributed 23%, yet, in France
, conventional thermal accounted for 10.3%.
Regarding renewable sources
application, Germany
led the renewable sources
consumption at 17.4%, otherwise
, France
only 13.4%. In detail, biomass was the major source of renewable energy in Germany
at 39.3%. Meanwhile, in France
hydroelectric was the largest contributor at 80.5%. Wind power
contributed 36.9% in Germany
, only had a 10.5% proportion in France
. Furthermore
, geothermal was the only renewable source which had not yet been used in both countries.Submitted by misstiasclassroom on
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Vocabulary: Replace the words power, sources, germany, france with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Only 3 basic words for charts were used.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 3 times.
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