The line graph illustrates the use of renewable energy as a proportion of total energy use by six nations between 1971 and 2006. Overall, Finland’s showed the highest percentage all over the year, whereas the United Kingdom showed the lowest figure throughout the year. Notably, all of the countries experienced fluctuations.
Focusing on increases first, beginning with 1971, Denmark was the most used energy consumption, with around 18%. This percentage saw significantly growth, but during the years, the percentage was slightly decreasing to 14% and then peaked at 18% at the end of the period. When it comes to the proportion of France’s energy consumption, it started at approximately 8%, the percentage rose during the year to 10% in the mid-1970s. At this point, Germany gradually increased, finished at around 13%. Germany unremained almost flat at 5% until the mid-1986s, then dramatically increased until 14% by 2011. Almost a similar pattern of increase was witnessed in the percentage of France and Germany. The United States renewable percentage started at around 2%, during the increase the percentage of renewable energy consumption slightly decreased and then dramatically increased until 2011, with roughly 11%. The United Kingdom started at roughly 1%, then gradually increased until 2011, at 6%.
Conversely, Finland’s figure started at nearly 24% in 1971. It is figure increased and decreased with fluctuating, declining to the lowest percentage around 16% in the 1986s, then significantly increased with 23% until 2011.
