The charts below present information about electricity generated using renewable and non-renewable energy in USA in 2009 and 2019. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The first pie chart
respresents
the data about power generated by renewable and non-renewable energy sources in the USA between 2009 and 2019. The second pie chart displays the electricity generated using five different renewable resources for the same country and Correct your spelling
represents
same
time period.
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the same
Overall
, the power generated by renewables increased significantly across the time period with sectors like wind and hydropower contributing the most in 2019. Non-renewables like natural gas increased in usage, whereas
coal decreased over the years.
It is evident from first
graph that coal was the highest generator of electricity with 1756 Change the article
the first
billion
kilowatt-hours
in 2009 which reduced
by nearly Add a missing verb
was reduced
a
half in 2019 ( 966 Correct article usage
apply
billion
kilowatt-hours
). The next biggest source was natural Gas at 921 billion
kilowatt-hours
in 2009 which increased sharply to 1582 billion
kilowatt-hours
in 2019, overtaking coal. Other non-renewables like petroleum and nuclear stayed relatively stable.
In the second graph, it can be seen that hydroelectric was the highest contributor among the renewables in 2009 at 273 billion
kilo-watt hours which stayed the same in 2019. This
was overtaken by wind
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the wind
a wind
that
went from 94 Correct pronoun usage
which
billion
kwh
in 2009 to just over thrice Correct your spelling
kWh
at
300 Change preposition
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kwh
in 2019. Power generated from solar energy saw a dramatic jump of 73 Correct your spelling
kWh
billion
kwh
in 2019 from just 1 Correct your spelling
kWh
billion
kwh
in 2009. Other sources namely geothermal and plant or animal matter remained almost the same.Correct your spelling
kWh
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