Banfi, Silvia; Filippini, Massimo - In: Energy Policy 38 (2010) 5, pp. 2302-2308
The electricity generation in Switzerland is mainly based on hydropower (55% of total production). The exploitation of … water in the hydropower sector can generate significant so-called resource rents. These are defined by the surplus return … above the value of capital, labor, materials, and energy used to exploit hydropower. In Switzerland, hydropower producers …