The four pie charts illustrate the sources of electricity generation in Germany and France in 2009, both from all sources and specifically from renewable energy.
Overall,Germany generated slighty more electricity (560 billion kWh) than France (510 billion kWh). The two countries differed significantly in their energy source preferences, with Germany relying more on conventional thermal energy, while France depended heavily on nuclear power.
In Germany the all types the electricity come from conventional thermal 59.6% and followed by nuclear is 23.0%. Last but not the least renewables sources has 17.4% generated by this sources . biomass (39.3%) and wind (36.9%) have the better contributes, while hydroelectric power accounted for 17.7%. Solar energy contributed 6.1%, and geothermal energy was not used.
In contrast, France generated 76% of its electricity from nuclear power, with only 10.3% from conventional thermal sources and 13.7% from renewables. Among renewable sources, hydroelectric power dominated at 80.5%, followed by wind (10.5%) and biomass (8.1%). Solar and geothermal energy made no contribution.