The chemical and pharmaceutical industry consumes some 3% of the total Swiss energy production. With its share of some 15% of the total industrial energy consumption it ranks as a major industrial consumer alongside the cement, glass, paper and engineering industries.
Throught efficient use of the energy the consumption rose during the periode 2002-2007 by only about 12 % from 27'123 to 30'591 TJ despite of a production volume increase of about 50 %. |
