Switzerland

TABLE 1. ESTIMATED AVAILABLE ENERGY SOURCES

Fossil fuels Nuclear Renewables
Solid* Liquid Gas Uranium Hydro Other renewable
Total amount in specific units 0.190 —** —** —** —** —**
Total amount in exajoules (EJ)

TABLE 2. ENERGY STATISTICS

2000 2005 2015 2018 Annual av. growth rate 2000–2018 (%)
Total energy consumption (EJ)a 1.107 1.138 1.088 1.086 -0.21
Solidsb 0.006 0.006 0.005 0.005 -1.16
Liquids 0.536 0.533 0.458 0.457 –0.79
Gases 0.102 0.117 0.125 0.126 0.24
Nuclear 0.272 0.240 0.221 0.23 -0.42
Hydro 0.136 0.118 0.131 0.134 –0.2
Other renewables and waste 0.081 0.093 0.134 0.14 0.59
Total energy production (EJ) 0.308 0.291 0.334 0.389 0.81
Solidsb
Liquids
Gases
Nuclear 0.091 0.080 0.074 0.09 –0.1
Hydro 0.136 0.118 0.131 0.141 0.05
Other renewables and waste 0.081 0.093 0.129 0.151 0.7
Net imports (imports - exports) 0.856 0.915 0.812 0.811 –0.45

TABLE 3. ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION AND CAPACITY

2000 2005 2018 Annual av. growth rate 2000–2018 (%)
Capacity of electrical plants (TW·h)
Thermal 0.804 0.825 0.941 0.137
Nuclear 13.239 13.355 15.442 0.7
Hydro 3.200 3.220 3.533 0.333
Wind 0.003 0.012 0.075 22.4
Geothermal
Solar 0.016 0.028 1.664 33.68
Total 17.262 17.440 20.839 1.18
Electricity production (TW·h)
Thermal 2.372 2.932 3.022 3.61
Nuclear 37.851 32.759 37.428 –0.23
Hydro 24.949 22.020 24.414 –1.3
Wind 0.003 0.008 0.120 25.18
Geothermal
Other renewables 0.173 0.199 2.174 16.06
Total* 65.348 57.918 62.360 –0.37
Total electricity consumption (TW·h) 52.373 57.330 58.032 1 0.67

TABLE 4. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

2000 2005 2015 2018
Energy consumption (GJ/capita) 153.1 152.1 147.2 133.2
Electricity consumption (kW·h/capita) 7272.0 7685.0 7432 6956.0
Electricity production/energy production (%) 76.4 71.7 71.9 72.9
Nuclear/total electricity (%) 38.2 38.0 34 35.6
Ratio of external dependency (%)* 77.3 81.0 75 65.3

TABLE 5: STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AS OF 31. DECEMBER 2018

Reactor Unit Type Net
Capacity
[MW(e)]		 Status Operator Reactor
Supplier		 Construction
Date		 First
Criticality
Date		 First Grid
Date		 Commercial
Date		 Shutdown
Date		 UCF
for
2018
BEZNAU-1 PWR 365 Operational Axpo AG WH 1965-09-01 1969-06-30 1969-07-17 1969-12-09 78.3
BEZNAU-2 PWR 365 Operational Axpo AG WH 1968-01-01 1971-10-16 1971-10-23 1972-03-04 96.3
GOESGEN PWR 1010 Operational KKG KWU 1973-12-01 1979-01-20 1979-02-02 1979-11-01 93.8
LEIBSTADT BWR 1220 Operational KKL GETSCO 1974-01-01 1984-03-09 1984-05-24 1984-12-15 74.4
MUEHLEBERG BWR 373 Operational BKW GETSCO 1967-03-01 1971-03-08 1971-07-01 1972-11-06 91.9
LUCENS HWGCR 6 Permanent Shutdown EOS NGA 1962-04-01 1966-12-29 1968-01-29 1969-01-21
Data source: IAEA - Power Reactor Information System (PRIS).
Note: Table is completely generated from PRIS data to reflect the latest available information and may be more up to date than the text of the report.