The graph below shows electricity production in terawatt hours in France between 1980 and 2012.

The graph below shows electricity production in terawatt hours in France between 1980 and 2012.
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The line graph provides data on how much
electricity
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was produced in terawatt hours in France in the years 1980 and 2010.
Overall
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,
while
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renewables
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rose moderately and nuclear experienced an upward trend, hydroelectric and thermal showed a slow drop over a
period
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. Of particular note, all types of
electricity
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production except
renewables
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saw fluctuations. In the beginning, thermal and hydroelectric stood at around 120 and 70, respectively. In 1985,
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thermal declined to 50
TW-h
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, reaching almost 50
TW-h
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in the next year, hydroelectric, which was just over 50
TW-h
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, dropped to just over 50
TW-h
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in 1990. Meantime, after a 5-year
period
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, thermal experienced a small fall by around 30 terawatt-hours and hydroelectric ones rose minimally by roughly 75
TW-h
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.
Similarly
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,
although
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thermal
electricity
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showed a slow increase to nearly 50
TW-h
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, hydroelectric remained the same production as in 1995, decreasing gradually by 50
TW-h
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in 2005.
At the end
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of the
period
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, both of them fluctuated and reached about 60 and 50
TW-h
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, respectively.
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, in 1990, nuclear
electricity
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accounted for around 60
TW-h
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and
renewables
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were at
TW-h
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, remaining at the same rate until 2000. Nuclear rose significantly to roughly 220
TW-h
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in 1985 and after a 5-year
period
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, continued to grow by 300
TW-h
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.
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, it showed a rapid growth to nearly 400 in 2000 and around 440 in 2005, respectively. Meanwhile,
although
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nuclear, which increased over a
period
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, saw a slight drop to just over 400
TW-h
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,
renewables
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rose to about 10
TW-h
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in 2005, ended with a moderate rise to roughly 30
TW-h
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at the end
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.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "although, at the end, while".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words electricity, renewables, period, tw-h with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "showed" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "drop" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "fluctuations" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "nearly" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "roughly" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "just over" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "slow" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "moderately" was used 2 times.
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