Energy Cooperation Between Switzerland and the EU Countries

The article is devoted to the study of the energy sector development in the Swiss Confederation. The key trends in the Swiss energy market are identified: a reduction in the total volume of energy consumption in the country, which energy carriers occupy the largest share in the consumption structure, trends in the legislative framework regulating the energy sector. In 2017, a new Energy Strategy until 2050 was adopted, the main message of which is to phase out the use of nuclear energy and switch to renewable energy sources. The most important types of energy used in Switzerland are oil, electricity from nuclear and hydroelectric power plants, and natural gas. The largest amount of energy is consumed by the transport sector. Also, the dynamics and the ratio of indicators of production, export, import of energy in Switzerland were analyzed. Due to the very small number of mineral deposits, about 75 % of the energy is supplied to the country by partner states. Fuel resources (oil and oil products) account for a significant share in imports, and electricity – in exports. The energy cooperation between Switzerland and the countries of the European Union is considered – the current stage, the dynamics of the supply of fuel energy resources, the prospects for the development of relations in the energy sector are identified. Over the past 10 years, the countries of the European Union have occupied about 100 % of the supply of fuel resources to Switzerland. Switzerland has been in talks with the EU on a bilateral agreement in the electricity sector since 2007. A key perspective in energy cooperation between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation is the transition from the use of non-renewable fuel energy resources and nuclear energy to renewable energy sources.

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