Abstract
This IDC study analyzes the China energy industry in 2008.
It talks about the current situation of the manufacturing industry
and analyzes changes in the country' s macroeconomic policies, industry size
and structure, industry sales and profit margins, and challenges and
opportunities. It also analyzes the IT and application solutions markets
in the energy industry in 2008, including market size, technological
maturity, application hotspots, customer needs, and IT investments. It also
provides a detailed analysis of solution suppliers in the energy
industry, covering topics including market concentration, market positioning, and profiles
of the top 10 solution suppliers in 2008. Lastly, it
provides a market outlook for the energy industry, including IT
trends, five-year forecasts, and predictions for each solutions market segment.
Digital
oil fields and smart grids will become the next hot
applications in the energy industry. Oil field companies have kicked
off their construction of digital oil fields. Although at present,
no enterprise has yet made specific investments in smart grid
projects, many have seen their potential and started to take
action. The construction of smart grids will last 3–4 years,
requiring an investment of more than RMB 100 million per
project. Led by pilot projects, the smart grid power industry
is expected to emerge as a market with huge potential.
"Because
of their asset-intensive nature, both the oil and power industries
have strict requirements with regard to asset management and maintenance.
As such, safe production and reducing energy consumption will become
two key issues for them to tackle. Their IT systems
should thus focus on enterprise resource management (ERM), supply chain
management (SCM), marketing, automation control, and manufacturing execution systems (MESs),"
says Freda Tong, senior analyst, Vertical Industry Research, IDC China.
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