The four pie charts illustrate the amount of electricity produced in Germany and France by all sources during 2009.
Overall, Germany generated a greater amount of electricity compared to France, and the primary source of energy was conventional thermal, whereas nuclear was the main source in France. Among renewable sources, generating electricity from biomass was the largest among others in Germany, while hydroelectric power was the main renewable source in France during the given period.
The amount of energy generated by Germany was 560 billion kWh, and conventional thermal contributed at the highest level, at 59.6%. In France, total energy produced was lower, at 510 billion kWh. In contrast to Germany, conventional thermal accounted for just 10.3%, with nuclear being the most produced, at 76%; however, in Germany the proportion of nuclear represented just 23%.
Moving to renewable sources, both countries accounted for a similar percentage, experiencing 17.4% and 13.7% respectively. In Germany, most of renewable sources were generated from biomass and wind, at 39.3% and 36.9%, while in France hydroelectric contribution was at the top at 80.5%. In contrast to Germany, wind and biomass stood at just 10.5% and 8.1%. Similar to Germany, the percentage of hydroelectric and solar were just at 17.7% and 6.1%.