The pie charts below show unitsof electricity production by fuel source in Australia and France in 1980 and 2000. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie charts illustrate how much

electricity

was produced by different fuel

sources

in

Australia

and France in 1980 and 2000.

Overall

, it can be seen that in

Australia

, the majority of

electricity

was generated from coal.

Additionally

,

although

coal and natural gas were the main

sources

of

electricity

in France in 1980, nuclear power became the primary source of

electricity

production

in 2000.

To begin

with, in 1980,

Australia

produced 100

units

of

electricity

and half of

this

electricity

was generated from coal

sources

.

However

, in 2000, the total

production

of

electricity

increased to 170

units

with 130

units

of

this

total number belonging to coal

sources

. Oil and natural gas only generated 2

units

which were considerably lower than that of 1980, with 10 and 20

units

, respectively.

Besides

, nuclear power was not introduced in

Australia

during those years. Shifting to France, it is apparent that the total

production

doubled from 90

units

in 1980 to 180

units

in 2000. The most obvious change was the dramatic growth in the

production

of

electricity

from nuclear power

sources

, which jumped from 15

units

in 1980 to 126

units

in 2000.

In addition

to

this

, despite the noticeable fall in the usage of hydropower and natural gas

sources

, the

units

of

electricity

generated by oil and coal remained constant, with 25

units

in both 1980 and 2000.