healthier, happier and richer

Total national greenhouse gas emissions as a percentage of global total, 2004 figures

< 1%

Historical contribution – 1850 to 2000

< 1%

Change in annual greenhouse gas emissions since 1990

+ 0.8%

2005 per capita annual greenhouse gas emissions

7.3 tonnes

Balance of energy sources, 2007

	%
Oil	41
Nuclear	28.5
Hydro	11.5
Gas	10
Renewables	9
Coal	0.7

Energy security

Switzerland imports oil and natural gas.

Electricity generated, 2007

	%
Hydro	54
Nuclear	41
Waste	3
Gas	1
Biomass	0.5
Oil	0.25
PV	0.03
Wind	0.02

Installed wind capacity

2009               14 Mw

Electricity – supply and demand

“Switzerland’s electricity sector will face a great challenge to meet the consumption demand in the coming years… The electricity supply gap will start to widen in the late 2010s and early 2020s. This gap is due to increase in demand on one side, and a decrease in supply due to retirement of nuclear plants on the other hand. To fill this gap, Switzerland has to deal with several restrictions which include the following: Restriction on GHG emission, public unwillingness toward new nuclear power plants, government plan to become independent from electricity import and finally an unfavourable environment for renewable energy sources.”

(See ETH: Swiss electricity market – Electricity gap; ways to face the challenge.)

Fuels used for heat, 2007

	%
Waste	61
Other*	25
Nuclear	7.5
Biomass	3.75
Gas	2.25
Oil	0.6

Percentage of agriculture certified as organic

11.3%

Cars per thousand of population

486