The two pie charts compare changes in the proportion of various types of energy sources used to harness electricity in France in the year of 1995 and a decade later.
Overall, while coal was the most common power supply throughout the period, the share of petro witnessed a significant change.
In 1995, the most popular resources of energy were coal and gas, accounting for 29.80% and 29.63% of all energy production, respectively, and they were predominately still in electricity generation, by 2005 both of them had grown to just below a third of the total. It was followed by petro, which made up 29.27%, in the first year. A decade later, the figure witnessed a dramatic decline to 19.55%. As regards nuclear and other resources, the proportion of energy generated from them depicted a growth of around 4%, indicating significant positive shifts over the ten-year period. While nuclear power went up from 6.40% in 1995 to 10.10% in 2005, other sources rose from 4.90% in 1995 to 9.10% in 2005 and remained as the least contributor to the overall energy generation.