Demand for electricity in Russia continues to grow. The country's government aims to reduce the energy intensity of the economy by 35% by 2035. One of the solutions to this problem was the automation of industrial processes.
In April 2025, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin noted that over the past five years electricity consumption in the country has increased by 3.1%, reaching almost 1.2 trillion kWh. By the end of summer 2025, demand will grow by another 8.2%. New energy capacities are not keeping up with growing needs, which could lead to a deficit of 14.2 GW by 2030.
Automation of processes, which is being implemented at enterprises, can solve this problem. This is an important tool for optimizing energy consumption. According to analysts, the market for automated control systems in Russia in 2024 reached 124 billion rubles, with a forecast of growth to 180 billion rubles by the end of 2025.
Automation systems allow enterprises to collect data on consumption of energy and optimize processes in real time. In metallurgy, the use of such systems can reduce electricity consumption by 10-20% per ton of production. In oil refining, process optimization can save millions of dollars a year.
Automation also includes switching equipment to sleep mode at the end of the shift to save electricity and the use of hybrid operating modes, which can significantly reduce costs. Experts say that the energy savings from automation can be 10-20%, which on the scale of large industries has a significant effect.
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