PHOTOGRAPHS BY CATHERINE HYLAND
SWITZERLAND, endowed with the Alps and
thousands of lakes, is a global leader in sus-
tainability. Hydroelectric dams, such as the
one shown here at Lac d’Emosson in south-
ern Valais, have supplied most of the nation’s
electricity for about 50 years. That share will
probably increase after voters in 2017
approved a law that will phase out nuclear
plants and increase the use of renewable
energy, including hydropower.
Lac d’Emosson, on the French border,
had its first dam in 1925. The 590-foot arch
dam standing today, completed in 1973, is
part of one of Europe’s biggest hydroelec-
tric projects. Visitors can tour the structure
and the archosaur tracks preserved at a
geological site nearby. Here, the fossils are
separate from the fuel.
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