The four charts compare the electricity generated between two countries Germany and France during 2009, and it is measured in billions kWh.
Overall, conventional thermal was the main source of electricity in Germany, while in France, nuclear was the main source.
Out of the 560billion kWh electricity output in Germany, 59.6% came from conventional thermal sources. In France, the total output was 510 billion kWh, and in contrast to Germany, conventional thermal just accounted for only 10.3%. Nuclear on the other hand, was the main source of electricity in France with 76.0%, whilst in Germany, it contributed only 23.0%.
Moving on to renewables, 17.4% accounted for Germany’s electricity and 13.7% of France’s electricity. In further details, biomass and wind accounted for 76.2% of Germany’s electricity, whilst in France the proportion was 18.6%. Hydroelectric was the highest source of energy in France with 80.5%, however, in Germany it was lower, at 17.7%. The contribution of solar energy in Germany was 6.1% and 0.9% for France’s electricity. Neither Germany nor France used geothermal energy.