The energy industry comprises companies involved in producing, marketing and distributing fuel and electricity. This covers a very broad field, including the extraction and refining of natural gas, and the generation and distribution of electrical power, nuclear power and renewable energy.
The energy industry faces a number of specific challenges. For example:
- Insatiable demand. The major challenge faced by energy companies is to be able to continue to satisfy the world’s growing requirements for energy. One way they seek to do this is by investing heavily in new power stations and in maintaining and improving existing ones.
- Environmental care and public safety. Following high-profile environmental disasters, parts of the industry have suffered reputational damage and are having to work under much tighter restrictions than before.
- Fluctuating supply. Sources of raw materials may be located in politically unstable or geographically inaccessible areas, while supplies of renewable energy may fluctuate due to climatic conditions.
Sitech Services has broad in-house expertise that can add value in the energy sector. We conduct inspections and perform tests for a number of energy companies in the Netherlands, for instance, as well as advising them on appropriate installations and the best use of materials.