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BEST IELTS Writing Task 1 Academic, 4th February
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The graph below shows electricity production (in terawatt hours) in France between 1980 and 2012.
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The line chart provides information on the amount of electricity produced in France from four types of sources namely Thermal, Nuclear, Hydroelectric, and Renewables over a period of 32 years.
As can be seen from the chart, Nuclear by far was the most important means of electricity generation over the period shown. Renewables provided the lowest amount of electricity in each year.
In 1980, the amount of electricity produced by Thermal was the highest, generating around 120 Terawatt hours of power. Nuclear and Hydroelectric produced approximately 75 terawatt hours of electricity each, and Renewables provided a negligible amount. Just one year later, Nuclear overtook Thermal as the primary source of electricity.
From 1980 to 2005, the amount of electricity produced by Nuclear rose dramatically to a peak of 420 terawatt hours. By contrast, the figure for Thermal power fell to only 50 terawatt-hours in 1985 and remained at this level for the rest of the period. Hydroelectric power production remained relatively stable between 50 and 80 terawatt hours. On the other hand/Surprisingly renewables electricity generation saw a small rise to approximately 25 terawatt-hours in 2012.
