The pie charts illustrate the distribution of 
electricity
 generation Use synonyms
sources
 in Germany and France, and present the proportion of renewable Use synonyms
electricity
 in 2009. Use synonyms
Overall
, Germany generated a slightly higher total amount of Linking Words
electricity
 than France in total, and neither country generated Use synonyms
electricity
 from geothermal power.
In Germany, about 59.6% of Use synonyms
electricity
 was generated from conventional thermal Use synonyms
sources
, followed by nuclear at 23% and renewables at 17.4%. Among renewable Use synonyms
sources
, biomass and wind had similar percentages at over 35% each. Use synonyms
By comparison
, hydroelectric made up nearly half of that figure, at around 17.7%. Solar’s share only accounted for 6.1%, making it the smallest recorded.
Turning to France, the majority of Linking Words
sources
 came from Nuclear, at 76%. Meanwhile, renewables contributed 13.7%, compared with that from conventional thermal at 10.3%. In terms of renewables, Use synonyms
this
 nation focused mainly on hydroelectric, which produced more than four-fifths (80.5%). Linking Words
In contrast
, wind and biomass represented smaller levels, at 10.5% and 8.1%, respectively. Linking Words
Additionally
, a small minority of 0.9% was obtained from solar.Linking Words