Electricity sector in Switzerland | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-14

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00:01:25 1 Consumption
00:02:44 2 Hydro power
00:03:32 2.1 Small hydro
00:03:53 3 Nuclear power
00:05:26 4 Non-hydro renewables
00:05:37 4.1 Feed-in remuneration at cost (KEV)
00:08:31 4.2 Wind power
00:08:52 4.3 Solar power
00:09:51 4.4 Geothermal power
00:10:16 5 Global warming
00:10:42 5.1 Carbon dioxide emissions
00:12:20 6 Power stations
00:12:50 7 Notes and references
00:13:01 8 See also



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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.