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The pie charts below show units of 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 below show units of 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 graphs illustrate the amount of
electricity
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 produced from five different sources in Australia and France, in the years 1980 and 2000.
Overall
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,
electricity
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 from coal made up the largest proportion of
units
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,
while
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oil
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 had the smallest percentage of
electricity
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units
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 in Australia for
both
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 years. In France, natural
gas
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 and coal not only extracted the highest
units
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 of
energy
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.
However
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,
energy
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 from nuclear
power
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 later drastically rose. Looking at the distribution in Australia, only four
power
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 sources contributed to the total
production
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 in 1980 and 2000, with 100 and 170
units
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 respectively. Coal supplied the highest number, which was half of the entire
production
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,
while
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oil
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 produced the least, supplying 10
units
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 of
electricity
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. Hydropower and natural
gas
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 equally provided 20
units
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 each. In 2000, there was almost a three-fold increase in
power
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 generated by coal, rising to 130
units
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, making up more than three-quarters of the yield.
Although
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 hydropower increased by 16
units
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 in 2000 to 36
units
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, the proportion remained about the same in
both
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 years. There was a drastic decrease
by
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 natural
gas
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 and
oil
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, decreasing by 18 and 8
units
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 respectively, falling to the same amount of 2
units
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. The total electrical
units
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 in France were spread across all five fossil fuels in 1980 and 2000. In the year 1980,
both
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 coal and natural
gas
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 provided the highest electric
energy
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, at 25
units
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 each, making up more than fifty per cent of the whole
production
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.
Oil
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 and nuclear
power
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 produced 20 and 15
units
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 respectively, and hydro fuel had the least
energy
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 produced, with a value of 5
units
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.
However
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, the
energy
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 produced in 2000 was two times the
energy
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 provided in 1980. Nuclear
power
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 had a major increase to 126
units
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, more than eight times the value in 1980.
While
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energy
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 produced by coal remained the same, its percentage decreased
due to
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 the total rising.
Oil
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,
on the other hand
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, produced 5 more
units
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 in 2000 than in 1980, reaching 25
units
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. Hydropower and natural
gas
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 dropped in
production
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 by 3 and 23
units
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 respectively,
both
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 having the lowest
electricity
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 generated in 2000.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "however, while".
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Common mistake: Your writing should be 150-250 words.
Vocabulary: Replace the words electricity, units, oil, both, gas, energy, power, production with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "provided" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "amount" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "decrease" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "remained" was used 2 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • units of electricity production
  • fuel source
  • dominant source
  • reliance on coal
  • hydroelectric power
  • natural gas
  • significant reduction
  • primary source
  • drastically increased
  • transition
  • existing infrastructure
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