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- Hydro Riv.: 17,000 GWh (26.6%)
- Hydro Dam: 22,600 GWh (35.3%)
- Solar PV: 2,850 GWh (4.5%)
- Wood: 675 GWh (1.1%)
- Wind: 145 GWh (0.2%)
- Waste Incin.: 2,180 GWh (3.4%)
- Nuclear: 18,500 GWh (28.9%)
The electricity sector in Switzerland relies mainly on hydroelectricity, since the Alps cover almost two-thirds of the country's land mass, providing many large mountain lakes and artificial reservoirs suited for hydro power. In addition, the water masses drained from the Swiss Alps are intensively used by run-of-the-river hydroelectricity (ROR). With 9,052 kWh per person in 2008, the country's electricity consumption is relatively high and was 22% above the European Union's average.
In 2013, net generated electricity amounted to 66.2 terawatt-hours (TWh). About 60% of Switzerland's electricity generation comes from renewable sources, most of it from hydro (56.6%), while non-hydro renewables supplied a small contribution of 3.4%. Nuclear contributed 37.6% to the country's electricity production, and only about 2.5% were generated by fossil fuel based thermal power stations.[2][3]
- ^ VSE, [1], 2020
- ^ Swiss Federal Office of Energy SFOE, Schweizerische Statistik der erneuerbaren Energien 2013 Archived 2017-07-29 at the Wayback Machine, p. 2 and 6, 25 September 2014
- ^ Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) Electricity statistics 2013 (in French and German) Archived 2014-12-18 at the Wayback Machine, p. 2 and 3, 23 June 2014