The four pie charts 1. choose one was lower was very different at approximately the remaining compare the proportion of was far higher accounted for one fifth whereas the electricity generated between Germany and France during 2009, and it is measured in billions kWh. Overall, it can be seen that conventional thermal was the main source of electricity in Germany, 2. choose one was lower was very different at approximately the remaining compare the proportion of was far higher accounted for one fifth whereas nuclear was the main source in France.

The bulk of electricity in Germany, whose total output was 560 billion kWh, came from conventional thermal, at 59.6%. In France, the total output 3. choose one was lower was very different at approximately the remaining compare the proportion of was far higher accounted for one fifth whereas , at 510 billion kWh, and in contrast to Germany, conventional thermal 4. choose one was lower was very different at approximately the remaining compare the proportion of was far higher accounted for one fifth whereas just 10.3%, with most electricity coming from nuclear power (76%). In Germany, 5. choose one was lower was very different at approximately the remaining compare the proportion of was far higher accounted for one fifth whereas nuclear power generated electricity was only 6. choose one was lower was very different at approximately the remaining compare the proportion of was far higher accounted for one fifth whereas of the total.

Moving on to renewables, this accounted for quite similar proportions for both countries, 7. choose one was lower was very different at approximately the remaining compare the proportion of was far higher accounted for one fifth whereas 15% of the total electricity generated. In detail, in Germany, most of the renewables consisted of wind and biomass, totaling around 75%, which 8. choose one was lower was very different at approximately the remaining compare the proportion of was far higher accounted for one fifth whereas than for hydroelectric (17.7%) and solar (6.1%). The situation 9. choose one was lower was very different at approximately the remaining compare the proportion of was far higher accounted for one fifth whereas in France, where hydroelectric made up 80.5% of renewable electricity, with biomass, wind and solar making up10. choose one was lower was very different at approximately the remaining compare the proportion of was far higher accounted for one fifth whereas 20%.