Band 6+: The pie charts below show the rates of energy production in Germany and Japan in 1990 and 2000. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The pie charts provided illustrate the distribution of energy output in Germany and Japan in 1990 and 2000.

Overall, while the use of renewable energy sources increase, there are contractions in the amount of energy production from fossil fuels. Additionally, the gap of energy output rates in the further year is bridged significantly as opposed to 10 previous years.

In 1990, coal was the primary energy source in both Germany and Japan, producing about the same energy production percentage with 40% and 39% respectively. While the second energy producer in Germany was hydropower with 17%, oil instead came behind coal in producing energy with 21% in Japan. For remaining sources, no noticeable points were made.

In 2000, a reserve pattern was observed, where coal have no longer been the main energy source.Solar power was rather experienced a considerable increase, accounting for 23% and 27% of energy ouput in Germany and Japan respectively.There was also a rise in other renewable energy sources such as wind energy, except hydro power, which produced the same proportion of energy output in 2 countries.