Editing Switzerland (section)

=== Energy ===
{{See also|Energy in Switzerland|||}}

[[File:Mauvoisin Dam.jpg|thumb|upright=1.25|Switzerland has the [[List of tallest dams in the world|tallest dams]] in Europe, among which the [[Mauvoisin Dam]], in the Alps. Hydroelectric power is the most important domestic source of energy in the country.]]

Electricity generated in Switzerland is 56% from [[hydroelectricity]] and 39% from [[nuclear power]], producing negligible CO<sub>2</sub>. On 18 May 2003, two [[anti-nuclear]] referendums were defeated: ''Moratorium Plus'', aimed at forbidding the building of new [[nuclear power plants]] (41.6% supported),<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 May 2003 |title=Vorlage Nr. 502: Übersicht: Volksinitiative 'Moratorium Plus – Für die Verlängerung des Atomkraftwerk-Baustopps und die Begrenzung des Atomrisikos (MoratoriumPlus)' |url=http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/va/20030518/det502.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228220425/https://www.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/va/20030518/det502.html |archive-date=28 December 2016 |access-date=6 December 2016 |publisher=Swiss Federal Chancellery |language=de, fr, it |type=official site |location=Bern, Switzerland}}</ref> and Electricity Without Nuclear (33.7% supported) after a moratorium expired in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 May 2003 |title=Vorlage Nr. 501: Übersicht:Volksinitiative 'Strom ohne Atom – Für eine Energiewende und schrittweise Stilllegung der Atomkraftwerke (Strom ohne Atom)' |url=http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/va/20030518/det501.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228220015/https://www.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/va/20030518/det501.html |archive-date=28 December 2016 |access-date=6 December 2016 |publisher=Swiss Federal Chancellery |language=de, fr, it |type=official site |location=Bern, Switzerland}}</ref> After the [[Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster|Fukushima nuclear disaster]], in 2011 the government announced plans to end the use of nuclear energy in the following 20 to 30 years.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Enserink |first=Martin |date=25 May 2011 |title=Switzerland to Phase Out Nuclear Energy; E.U. Strikes Deal on 'Stress Tests' |work=Science |publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science |location=Washington DC, U.S. |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/switzerland-phase-out-nuclear-energy-eu-strikes-deal-stress-tests |url-status=live |access-date=6 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201075935/http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2011/05/switzerland-phase-out-nuclear-energy-eu-strikes-deal-stress-tests |archive-date=1 December 2016}}</ref> In November 2016, Swiss voters rejected a [[Green Party of Switzerland|Green Party]] referendum to accelerate the phaseout of nuclear power (45.8% supported).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Geiser |first=Urs |title=Swiss nuclear plants to remain on grid |work=SWI swissinfo.ch – the international service of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) |publisher=Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) |location=Zurich, Switzerland |url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/vote-november-27_power-on-or-off-for-swiss-nuclear-plants-/42703330 |url-status=live |access-date=28 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127231249/http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/vote-november-27_power-on-or-off-for-swiss-nuclear-plants-/42703330 |archive-date=27 November 2016}}</ref> The Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) is responsible for energy supply and energy use within the [[Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications]] (DETEC). The agency supports the [[2000-watt society]] initiative to cut the nation's energy use by more than half by 2050.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 January 2008 |title=Federal government energy research |url=http://www.bfe.admin.ch/forschungnetze/01223/index.html?lang=en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224105623/http://www.bfe.admin.ch/forschungnetze/01223/index.html?lang=en |archive-date=24 February 2009}}</ref>