Automation has got the following starting-points:

 

• Electrical energy and energy in general are getting more and more expensive. This is the direct consequence of both an increased global demand and the depletion of natural sources.

• Goverment is no longer able to guarantee energy supply, nor to control it

• The speed of price increases increases itself

• The possibilities to produce and apply energy are getting numerous, but the management of it gets more complex

 

These elements force us to state that every single company is compelled to consider his energy needs and to formalize these in a short and long term vision.