The graph below shows electricity production (in terawatt hours) in France between 1980 and 2012.

The illustration provides data related to four different ways of electrical

power

generation in France, over the course of thirty years, starting in 1980 until recently. It's conspicuously obvious that the dominant source of

electricity

over the period shown, generating

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maximum

nearly

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430

terawatt

per hour,

while

the lowest portion of

electricity

generated was for renewables. In 1980, thermal

power

stations were the main source of

electricity

in France, generating around 120

terawatt

hours

of

power

. Nuclear and hydroelectric

power

stations produced just under 75

terawatt

hours

of

electricity

each, and renewables provided a negligible amount. Just one year later, nuclear

power

overtook thermal

power

as the primary source of

electricity

. Between 1980 and 2005,

electricity

production from nuclear

power

rose dramatically to a peak of 430

terawatt

hours

.

By contrast

, the figure for thermal

power

fell to only 50

terawatt

hours

in 1985

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and remained at

this

level for the rest of the period. Hydroelectric

power

generation remained relatively stable, at between 50 and 80

terawatt

hours

, for the whole 32-year period, but renewable

electricity

production saw only a small rise to approximately 25

terawatt

hours

by 2012.