The table below gives details of world electricity production by renewable sources in the four years between 2009 and 2012. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and making comparisons where relevant.

The table below gives details of world electricity production by renewable sources in the four years between 2009 and 2012. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and making comparisons where relevant.
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The table illustrates the percentage of
power
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produced from different sources of sustainable
energy
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and the number of employees engaged in each of these sectors.
Overall
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,it is quite obvious that hydropower generates the highest proportion of electricity,
whereas
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solar
energy
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only contributes a fraction of
power
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compared to other renewable sources. The highest percentage of sustainable
energy
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was produced by hydropower, followed by wind
power
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in second place,
while
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both of them had an average of 1100 workers in 2009.
In contrast
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, solar
power
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accounted for the lowest percentage of electricity production, with 12450 workers contributing 3.6% of the
energy
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.
On the other hand
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, tidal
power
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and geothermal
energy
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contributed around 6.8% of
energy
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production but later had 2566 more employees than tidal.
Hence
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, it makes it clear that tidal
power
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is more efficient than geothermal
energy
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.
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Common mistake: Your writing should be 150-250 words.
Vocabulary: Replace the words power, energy with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 3 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • Renewable sources
  • Electricity production
  • Significant growth/decline
  • Yearly basis
  • Specific figures
  • Stagnated
  • Regional differences
  • Anomalies
  • Unexpected trends
  • Implications
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