Pie Charts

The pie charts below show the percentage of electricity production by fuel source in
France in 1990 and 2010.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make
comparisons where relevant.
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The pie charts illustrate the amount of electricity created from five different sources of
fuel (oil, coal, natural gas, hydropower and nuclear power) in France in 1990 and
2010.

Overall, the use of nuclear power for generating electricity in France increased
considerably, whereas the use of natural gas declined sharply over the two decades. In
addition, oil, coal and hydropower all saw declines.

In 1990 nuclear power as a source of energy stood at 17% of electricity production in

France. Natural gas and coal both represented 28%. Oil was not far behind,
accounting for just over a fifth of energy production. However, hydropower indicated
only a small proportion of energy generated in 1990 and 2010.
Looking at the data for 2010, oil and coal both followed the same pattern and saw
sharp declines dropping to 13% as a source of fuel for electricity with natural gas also
seeing considerably less use at 4%. Most strikingly, nuclear power became the most
relied on form of energy, comprising 67% of total electricity production in 2010.