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Table 4.6. OECD Producer Support Estimate (PSE) for Switzerland, 2016-20 (CHF million):
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Payments to producers:
Payments for organic farming of crops: (2016) 45.1, (2017) 50.5, (2018) 55.2, (2019) 60.1, (2020) 63.7
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4.71. Switzerland: (...) Within local production, the share of hydroelectricity oscillated around 50% (due to weather/climate conditions), the share of wood remained around 15%, and the share of other renewables (solar and wind) grew from 9.8% to 13.0%.

Table 4.7. Energy balance of Switzerland, 2015-20 (Unit: TJ):
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2020:
Total local production: 287,010 of which:
- Wood: 14.96%
- Hydro: 50.94%
- Waste: 21.06%
- Other renewables: 13.02%
Total imports: 621,380 of which:
- Wood and charcoal: 0.31%
- Coal: 0.53%
- Oil and oil products: 63.21%
- Gas: 19.2%
- Biofuels: 10.9%
- Electricity: 15.8%

4.78. Switzerland: The overall energy consumption mix remained stable overall during the review period (Chart 4.2). One may note, though, an increase of 3 percentage points in nuclear power, as existing nuclear powerplants can continue to be exploited so long as they are safe; a slight increase of hydro, gas, wood and charcoal, household and industrial waste, and "other" (including solar and wind); and a neat regression of crude oil and petroleum products (minus 6.6 percentage points).

Table 4.12. Transformation process of primary energy supply, 2020 (Unit: TJ):
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Waste: (...) Classical thermal power plants and central heating facilities (-48,960)
Gas: (...) Various renewables (1,330 [a]) (...)
Hydro: Hydro power plants (-146,220)
Other Renewables: (...) (-13,780)
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[a] Biogas input in the natural gas network.

4.82. Switzerland: Total electricity production grew by 6.01% during the review period (Chart 4.3). In terms of sources, a slight decline occurred in the relative shares of nuclear and hydro, which still provide the bulk of the production, while thermal remained stable at a low level (4.0%). The share of renewable energies nearly doubled (from 2.7% to 5.1%), essentially due to the progression of solar photovoltaic and marginally to wood and biofuels, while wind remained stable at a low level (0.2%).

Table 4.13. Final energy consumption, 2020 (Unit: TJ):
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Other renewable energies: Total final consumption (30,420), Households (17,200), Industry (1,850), Services (3,660), Transport (7,260), Statistical difference, including agriculture (450)
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Table 4.13. Final energy consumption, 2020 (Unit: TJ):
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Waste: Total final consumption (11,510), Households (n.a.), Industry (11,510), Services (n.a.), Transport (n.a.), Statistical difference, including agriculture (n.a.)
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4.84. Between 2015 and 2019, the level of CO2 emissions (Chart 4.4) declined by 4.9%, from 38.8 million tonnes CO2 in 2015 to 36.9 million tonnes in 2019. This shows a decoupling of CO2 emissions from GDP. While progress in decoupling has slowed, the OECD underlines that "among OECD countries Switzerland gets closest in aligning the prices of CO2 emission" [45]. The share of CO2 emission priced above EUR 60, a midpoint estimate of the carbon cost, has increased since 2020, notably in the housing sector. Industrial emissions are priced above the EUR 60 benchmark for the first time in 2021.
[45] OECD (2019), OECD Economic Surveys: Switzerland, p. 23. Because of its lower energy intensity and almost carbon-free production of electricity, Switzerland's GDP carbon intensity is low compared to other OECD countries. Ibid.

4.85. The energy policy followed by Switzerland during the period under review and planned for the future finds its root in a decision taken by the Federal Council and the Federal Assembly in May 2011 in the wake of the Fukushima reactor disaster to progressively abandon nuclear energy and to promote energetic efficiency and renewable energy. In this regard, a new energy strategy was adopted, the Energy Strategy 2050. (...)