Abstract
As a landlocked country producing no fossil fuels, Switzerland relies heavily on hydro-electricity and nuclear power to meet the bulk of its electricity needs. Compared with its neighbouring countries, Switzerland has a relatively high share of hydro-electricity. The Government has announced that nuclear power, which accounted for nearly 30% of the total energy supply (TES) in 2018, will gradually be phased out with Swiss voters backing the proposal in a May 2017 referendum. In the wake of this electoral decision, the Mühleberg nuclear power plant went off-line, marking the first of five Swiss nuclear power reactors to be decommissioned. Due to the scarcity of fossil-fuel production and the overhaul of the country’s policy towards nuclear power, imports of types of energy products account for over a half of the country’s total primary energy supply in 2018.
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