The charts presented illustrate the percentage of electricity produced from five fuel sources in France—coal, oil, natural gas, hydro power, and nuclear power—during the years 1990 and 2010.
Overall, it is evident that there were significant increases in the shares of nuclear power and oil over the period, while natural gas, coal, and hydro power experienced downward trends. Notably, nuclear power saw the most dramatic rise, ultimately becoming the dominant source by 2010.
In 1990, the proportion of electricity generated from nuclear power was 17%, but this figure rose dramatically to 67% by 2010. In contrast, oil accounted for only 6% of the fuel mix in 1990, nearly doubling to 13% two decades later. On the other hand, coal production significantly decreased, dropping from 28% to 13% over the same period.
Hydro power, which contributed 22% of electricity in 1990, experienced a sharp decline to just 2% in 2010. Similarly, the share of natural gas also fell steeply, plummeting from 28% to 4% over the 20-year span.