Electricity production in France by source. (TW-h)

The line chart illustrates electricity manufacture among Thermal, Nuclear, Hydroelectric and Renewables in France. Overall, it’s clear that Nuclear had the strongest growth whereas the opposite was true for Renewables. In addition, Thermal and Hydroelectric had almost no major changes from 1980 to 2010. In 1980, there was only 50 TW-h of nuclear energy was produced but in the next five years, the quantity of nuclear increased slightly to 100 TW-h. From 1985 until 2005, there was an upsurge of nuclear production, reaching a peak of 450 TW-h, and then decreased steadily in 2010. As can be seen from the chart, Thermal and Hydroelectric were a similarity during 20 years, with 50 TW-h producing in electricity. In the period from 1980 to 2005, Renewable electricity was not produced, which was followed by an increase to 10 TW-h in 2010.