The graph shows electricity production (in terawatt hours) in France between 1980 and 2012. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph delineates the source of

electricity

manufacturing in France from 1980 to 2012.

Overall

, it is apparent that the

electricity

production by source in France fluctuated wildly. To be more specific,

while

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electricity

from nuclear and renewable sources were rising in

this

period, the figures for thermal and hydroelectric production were decreasing over time. Between 1980 and 2012, the

electricity

in France mainly came from nuclear plants.

Moreover

, nuclear

electricity

production tended to grow in

this

period.

This

tendency can be easily seen from the chart that the figures increased dramatically from 50TW-h in 1980 to 400TW-h in 2012. Sharing the same trend, the manufacturing rate of renewable sources of

electricity

also

gradually rose up to 25% in 2012 despite staying at 0TW-h

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20 years.

However

, the data

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electricity

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of thermal and hydroelectric energy tended to decline in

this

period.

This

trend is evident in the chart that from 1980 to 2012, the figures for thermal and hydroelectric decreased from 70TW-h to 50TW-h and from 124TW-h to 45TW-h respectively.