The pie charts describe and compare different forms of electrical energy sources in France and Germany in 2009.
Overall, both countries had three main sources of electrical energy including conventional thermal, nuclear, and renewables, in varied proportions. While conventional thermal energy was predominant in Germany, nuclear energy was mostly used in France. In addition, five main categories constituted renewables, with geothermal energy neither used by both countries.
As regards Germany, it is essential to highlight that conventional thermal accounted for more than half of all types of energy sources, followed by nuclear at 23% and renewables arriving last at 17.4%. On the other hand, nuclear energy which represented 76%, was mostly used by France. Conventional thermal and renewables made up 10.5% and 13.7% respectively.
As for renewables, biomass and wind held the greatest proportion in Germany, with 39.3% and 36.9% respectively, meanwhile hydroelectric and solar summed up to less than 25% (17.7% and 6.1% respectively). On the contrary, hydroelectric represented more than 80% of renewables in France, while biomass, solar and wind accounted for less than 20%. For instance, solar source represented roughly 1%. Finally, It is worth noting that geothermal sources were not utilized by both countries.