MATELEC 2012 SUCCESS OF VISITORS

Dear friend and customer:

Another edition, we have had the pleasure to share with you a few minutes on Matelec and it has already been our 8th participation in the party sector.

We have been able to welcome customers from more than 15 countries from different continents and over 350 domestic visitors from all sectors.

With more than 150 new contacts and to say hello to everyone who you trust us for many years ago, we can consider our participation as a whole success.

We have been able to present our Automatic Capacitor Bank and you could see one equipment of 1.050 KVAR / 440 V, manufactured and ready to be delivered in a Ceuta emblematic work’s for a installer with large class of our country besides to check the quality of our UPS's and our Voltage Stabilizers.

We were able to introduce the new system of Direct Renting, the successful AENER RENT SERVICE, where the final user does not need to invest in equipment. He only needs desire do not pay reactive and first month it is already getting eliminate cost in the electric bill, for a small monthly rental fee. We’ll do everything else.

Also, we received a big number of visitors, engineering and official agencies and certification companies.

It has been a pleasure to have you and know that we are at your disposal for any further information.

Best regards,

Angel Barranco

General Manager and Founder

www.aener.com                                                        twitter: @AenerEnergia

MATELEC 2012 UN ÉXITO DE VISITANTES

Estimado amigo y cliente:

Una edición más hemos tenido el gusto de compartir con vosotros unos minutos en

Matelec y ha sido ya nuestra 8ª participación en la fiesta del sector.

Hemos podido recibir a clientes de más de 15 países de diferentes continentes y a

más de 350 visitantes nacionales de todos los sectores.

Con más de 150 nuevos contactos y poder saludar a todos los que ya confiáis en

nosotros desde hace años, podemos considerar nuestra participación como todo un

éxito.

Hemos podido presentaros nuestras Baterías de Condensadores y pudisteis ver un

equipo de 1050 KVAR / 440 V. fabricado y a punto de ser entregado en una obra

emblemática en Ceuta para un gran instalador de primer nivel de nuestro país

además de poder comprobar la calidad de nuestros SAI´s y nuestros

Estabilizadores de Tensión.

Pudimos presentar el nuevo sistema de Renting Directo, el exitoso AENER RENT

SERVICE, donde el cliente no tiene necesidad de invertir en equipos. Solo necesita

desear no pagar reactiva y el primer mes ya está consiguiendo eliminar el coste en

la factura eléctrica pagando una pequeña cuota mensual de alquiler. Nosotros nos

encarga del resto.

Además recibimos a un buen número de proveedores, ingenierías y organismos

oficiales y de certificación.

Ha sido un placer contar con vosotros y sabéis que estamos a vuestra disposición

para ampliar cualquier información.

Un saludo.

Ángel Barranco

Director General y Socio Fundador

www.aener.com                                      twiiter:@AenerEnergia

Consumption’s revolution

A few years ago, invitations from agencies and associations came to my email which informed about to relocate my small production of my company.

That began my fear. Community Government, organizations like Icex or Chambers of Commerce, permanently organized business meetings where Spanish businessmen to invest in other countries were invited. At that moment I wondered for the reason that would have to invest in another country and not in mine. Why could not I go to a market with the noble goal of exporting, selling, carrying my work and of mine to different markets?

Enormous mistake of different politicians which led us to a Europe without future. Politicians of all signs, both Central and Communities Governments. And even also the mistake of businessmen who proclaim from the rooftops that the key for  a successful internationalization is to buy in low-cost countries, causing the production outside of our borders. For many of them, the most important thing is to go out to manufacture.

We must be clear. We should and must know where we are going if we keep buying everything is produced in low cost countries, this is what we should transmit: a country like Spain remains if we live from we manufacture. It must be clear that buying a product which is cheaper does not mean you have purchased better. With all this, the only way out of this situation is in us. We should be very careful about what we buy and know where it comes from.

Some time ago I saw during my stay in Buenos Aires, as the Government demanded the consumption of products from its own country. Then I thought it was necessary for such protection to its own economy. This made me think. To begin to solve our problems, we should make our companies, which manufacture in Spain, grow and invest in R&D+i, but first of all and essential they must sell. As a consumer, businessman and entrepreneur, I make a petition of supporting our small, but strong industry, if we can survive this situation with aggressive competitors with low costs and the tremendous crisis that we live, we will be able to re-do a respected country not only for its sunshine, but by industries which communicate an excellent image abroad. In 2012 the new Industrial Revolution will start in Spain, but in the hands of a citizen committed to the products manufactured in the country and demanding with the rulers to protect our economy.

Angel Barranco. General Manager and founder of Aener Energia

Revolución de consumo

Hace unos años llegaban a mi dirección de correo electrónico invitaciones de organismos públicos y asociaciones para deslocalizar la pequeña producción de mi empresa. Ahí empezó mi miedo. Comunidades autónomas, organizaciones como el Icex o las Cámaras de Comercio organizaban permanentemente encuentros empresariales en los que se invitaba a los empresarios españoles a que invirtieran en otros países. En esos momentos yo me preguntaba por la razón que tendría que invertir en otro país y no en el mío. ¿Por qué no podía yo acudir a un mercado con el noble objetivo de exportar, de vender, de llevar mi trabajo y el de los míos a mercados diferentes?

Tremendo error de los diferentes políticos que nos han llevado a una Europa sin futuro. Políticos de todos los signos, tanto de Gobiernos centrales como de comunidades autónomas. E incluso también el error de empresarios que pregonan a los cuatro vientos que la clave para una internacionalización exitosa es comprar en países de bajo coste, provocando la fabricación fuera de nuestras fronteras. Para muchos de ellos, lo importante es salir fuera para fabricar.

Hay que ser claros. Debemos y tenemos que saber adónde vamos si seguimos comprando lo que se produce en países de bajo coste; esto es lo que tendríamos que transmitir: un país como España se mantiene si vivimos de lo que fabricamos. Tiene que quedar claro que el haber comprado un producto por el hecho de que sea más barato no significa que se haya comprado mejor. Con todo esto, la única salida a esta situación pasa por nosotros mismos. Deberíamos ser muy cuidadosos con lo que compramos y conocer de dónde viene.

Hace algún tiempo vi, durante mi estancia en Buenos Aires, cómo el Gobierno demandaba el consumo de productos de su propio país. Entonces pensé en lo necesario que era esa protección para su propia economía. Esto me hizo reflexionar. Para comenzar a solucionar nuestros problemas, tendríamos que conseguir que nuestras empresas, que fabrican en España, crezcan y puedan invertir en I+D+i; pero primero, y ante todo, que vendan. Como consumidor, empresario y emprendedor, hago una petición de apoyo a nuestra escasa, pero fuerte industria; si conseguimos sobrevivir a esta situación con competidores agresivos con bajos costes y a la tremenda crisis que vivimos, seremos capaces de volver a hacer un país respetado no solo por su sol, sino por unas industrias que transmitan una excelente imagen exterior. En 2012 la nueva Revolución Industrial empezará en España, pero de la mano de un ciudadano comprometido con los productos fabricados en el país y exigente con los gobernantes para que protejan nuestra economía.

Ángel Barranco. Director y fundador de Aener Energía

Our basic concept of "Energy Efficiency" also requires an adjustment

In these hard in the social, political and business we cannot forget that we must "adjust" also our entire way of life, our way of thinking and our way of debate about the energetic.

Undoubtedly, the new ways of power generation have entered the sector strongly, becoming an important part of our generation, perhaps with a very high economic cost, but with an important future performance in respecting the environment and sustainability of the planet. Our future generations will appreciate this common policy. But it is true that we cannot call this sector Energy Efficiency.

When we talk about alternative energies, they are just that. The concept "Energy Efficiency" should be used very conveniently and considered.

It is as important generating clean energy as to properly use the available energy.

In my opinion, two factors are essential for energy efficiency:

-         Awareness of "no use" as the best way of energy saving and efficiency.

-         Use of the available energy with improved conditions in the facilities, improvement of the average power factor in the country and reduction of harmonics level in the facilities.

About first item, our World and European Champions are who through a campaign of IDEA, remind of consumers that the best saving is the non-consumption. These campaigns take effect in the medium and long term and I hope that young people gets the message from their stars.

On the second item, we are the market players who have a lot to do. The central and regional governments, electricity companies and consumers themselves should consider investments in order to upgrade facilities, and thereby obtain saving of over 25% of the losses caused by different factors.

Installation of Automatic Capacitor Banks has been for the latest 30 years in our country a good method for Energy Efficiency, and it should remain, as it is a product with a huge future.

Therefore, we must actively contribute so that the power factor of facilities continue to improve; our company operates in 25 countries, and we are working with governments around the world in order to implement energy saving projects, we have always been characterized for contributing with relevant aspects to market power factor correction such as management of an integrated product and service as well as a constant work of R&D+i.

For our company, the care and protection of the environment have always been one of our key principles. So that we help companies to reduce significant amounts of CO2 and also increase the saving. Aener Energia provides customers with knowledge and tools to optimal the management of their energy resources. This efficient use is based in less energy requirement and, therefore, in a more rational use of natural resources of the planet.

Perhaps a new "Management Plan Demand", like it was introduced in our country in the 90s, would lead our electrical system to a new impulse in terms of better use of current resources.

If we invest in maintaining and improving everything we have, we will achieve great things.

Some pieces of advices from Aener Energia about reactive energy

- It is necessary to compensate the reactive power, as a variation of this one makes equipments such as generators and/or transformers that supply to the facility, work at a greater rate than necessary. Also, the harder penalties from the government make this compensation involves direct saving in electric bills.

- Motors and transformers are the biggest consumers of reactive power. It is due to equipments with windings are used reactive power to maintain the magnetic fields they need to perform their jobs.

- Capacitors compensate reactive power. In big motors and transformers are installed parallel capacitors, connected jointly, so that when they work, they do so with the support of the capacitor.

There is not sometimes a concrete loading which causes the problem, but it is the sum of all (there is not to compensate load by load due to the high cost of the installation).

Angel Barranco

General Manager

AENER ENERGIA S.L.U.

Nuestro concepto básico de “Eficiencia Energética” también necesita un ajuste

En estos momentos difíciles en lo social, lo político y lo empresarial no podemos olvidarnos que debemos “ajustar” también toda nuestra forma de vida, nuestra forma de pensar y nuestra forma de debatir en cuanto a lo energético.

Es indudable que las nuevas formas de generación de energía han irrumpido en el sector con fuerza, llegando a ser una parte importante de nuestra generación, quizá con un coste económico muy elevado, pero con una rentabilidad futura importante en cuanto al respeto con el medio ambiente y la sostenibilidad del planeta. Nuestras generaciones futuras agradecerán esta política común. Pero es bien cierto que no podemos llamar Eficiencia Energética a este sector.

Cuando hablamos de Energías Alternativas son eso simple y llanamente. El concepto “Eficiencia Energética” debe ser utilizado convenientemente y muy tenido en cuenta.

Es tan importante generar energía limpia como utilizar adecuadamente la energía disponible.

Dos factores son básicos para la Eficiencia Energética según mi opinión:

• Mentalización de “no consumo” como mejor forma de ahorro y eficiencia energética.
• Aprovechamiento de la energía disponible con mejora de las condiciones en las instalaciones, mejora del factor de potencia medio del país y reducción del nivel de armónicos en las instalaciones.

Sobre el primer punto ya son nuestros Campeones del Mundo y de Europa los encargados, por medio de una campaña del IDAE, de recordar a los consumidores que el mejor ahorro es el no consumo. Estas campañas hacen efecto a medio y largo plazo y espero que los jóvenes capten el mensaje de sus estrellas.

En cuanto al segundo, somos los actores del mercado los que tenemos mucho por hacer. Los gobiernos centrales y autonómicos, las compañías eléctricas y los propios consumidores deberían plantearse inversiones en mejorar las instalaciones, y con ello se obtendrían ahorros superiores al 25% de las pérdidas producidas por diferentes factores.

La instalación de Baterías de Condensadores ha sido durante los últimos 30 años en nuestro país un buen método para la Eficiencia Energética, y debe seguir siéndolo, ya que es un producto con un enorme futuro.

Debemos, por tanto, contribuir activamente a que el factor de potencia de las instalaciones siga mejorando; nuestra compañía, presente en 25 países, y que colabora con gobiernos de todo el mundo en puesta en marcha de proyectos de ahorro energético, siempre se ha caracterizado por aportar al mercado de la corrección del factor de potencia aspectos relevantes como la gestión integrada de producto y servicio así como un constante trabajo de I+D+I.

Para nuestra compañía el medioambiente, su cuidado y protección han sido siempre una de nuestras máximas. Por eso ayudamos a las empresas a reducir importantes cantidades de CO2 y además, incrementar el ahorro económico. Aener Energía provee a sus clientes con los conocimientos y las herramientas adecuadas para lograr una óptima gestión de sus recursos energéticos. Este empleo eficiente se sustancia en una menor necesidad energética y, por ende, en una utilización más racional de los recursos naturales del planeta.

Quizá un nuevo “Plan de Gestión de la Demanda”, como el que se implantó en nuestro país en los años 90, llevaría a nuestro sistema eléctrico a un nuevo impulso en cuanto al mejor aprovechamiento de los recursos actuales.

Si invertimos en mantener y mejorar lo que tenemos conseguiremos grandes cosas.

Algunos consejos de Aener Energía sobre la energía reactiva

-      Es necesario compensar la energía reactiva, ya que una variación de la misma hace que los equipos generadores y/o transformadores que abastecen a la instalación trabajen a un régimen mayor del necesario. Asimismo, las duras penalizaciones de la administración hacen que esta compensación suponga un ahorro directo en la factura eléctrica.

-      Los motores y transformadores son los grandes consumidores de energía reactiva. Esto es debido a que los equipos con bobinados utilizan la energía reactiva para mantener los campos magnéticos que necesitan para realizar su trabajo.

  

-      Los condensadores compensan la energía reactiva. En los grandes motores y transformadores se instalan condensadores en paralelo, conectados solidariamente, para que cuando éstos funcionen, lo hagan gracias al apoyo del condensador.

En ocasiones no es una carga concreta la causante del problema, si no que es la suma de todas (no hay que compensar carga a carga por lo elevado de la instalación).

 

Ángel Barranco

Director General

AENER ENERGIA S.L.U.

Aener Energia: the Spanish option in view of the energy crisis in Venezuela

-          Venezuela has experienced a big deficit of generation and energy management attributed to several factors, one of which generated by extensive drought in the reservoir of Hydroelectric "Simon Bolivar" due to climatic phenomenon "El Niño".

-         Within the sector of Power Factor Correction, Uninterruptible Power Supplies and Voltage Stabilizers, Aener Energia is a reference in Europe, and we are one of the few Spanish companies, internationally recognized in this field.

Various measures were taken in Venezuela to avoid the energy crisis which began in 2009. One of the most controversial was the norm for the rationing of electricity in most of the country. In 2010 this measure was cancelled due to the recovery of the reservoirs, the most important: the reservoir named Guri, the largest in Venezuela, for its size and volume of stored water, is the second biggest lake system in the country and it is only exceeded. The Guri’s reservoir or lake is located in Bolivar State, where the Hydroelectric "Simon Bolivar" is running which provides 70% of electricity to Venezuelan territory.

According to the current government, the irresponsible use of the upper classes of the population has a negative impact on the crisis and referred to poor administrative and infrastructure of reservoirs by previous governments. On the other hand, the opposition blames the government for failing to make the investments needed to meet the demands of the country's electricity consumption and electricity infrastructure neglect.

Measures addressed

The party in power during 2010 proposed the installation of power plants with a generating capacity of 6000 megawatts (MW). A rationing plan in Caracas was implemented, which was cancelled after several protests which led to the departure of the then Minister of Electric Power. Angel Rodriguez, who was replaced by Ali Rodriguez Araque, besides this, national companies from private sector were ordered to reduce their electricity consumption, at least 20%.

In the rest of Venezuela, rationing systems were implemented and, even before Easter of 2010, electricity supply was cut off three hours during 3 or 4 days, it is meant that citizens outside Caracas experienced an electric interruption service between 9 to 12 hours per week.

Consequently, the Venezuelan government through the Ministry of Popular Power for Electric Power decreed the resolution published on June 10, 2011 in the Official Gazette of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The main considerations that the decree emphasizes are:

-          In relation to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the power electric consumption of the population in Venezuela is higher than the Latin American average, indicating a pattern of inefficient consumption.

-          The national energy demand has experienced in recent years excessive growth much higher than the real power requirements, with an increase of over 7%.

-         From the moment measures for energy saving implemented in 2010 stopped, there has been an excessive rise in electricity consumption, which do requires to the Government to establish strategies and guidelines which promote the efficient use of electricity in areas where the National Electricity Corporation is working (CORPOELEC).

So the decree resolves as follows:

-         Promote the improvement of the power factor in industrial consumers: commercial and official ones with loads greater or equal than two hundred kilovolt ampere (200KVA) to reduce the voltage drops and increased the availability of power in the grid.

-         Users of industrial, commercial and official consumers with loads higher than two hundred kilovolt ampere (2000KVA) who do not keep on a power factor higher or equal than 0,9 will be subject to a surcharge in their electric bills.

-         Legal persons of private sector who are exceeding an assigned contracted assigned demand of one megavolt ampere (1 MVA) must take action to keep on a reduction of at least ten percent (10%).

-         Legal persons of private sector, with loads of two hundred kilovolt amperes (200KVA) and one megavolt ampere (1MVA), must  take actions to keep on a reduction of at least ten percent (10%).

-         Some public sector agencies are exempt from complying

-         Failure consecutive and repeated shall result in the suspension of electricity.

Against these measures, the president of the National Association of Users and Consumers (Anauco), Roberto Leon Parilli, has declared to the Organization of American States (OAS), "The supply of electricity in Venezuela is poor since no relevant investments have been made and that the state punishes all users of the national territory with fines, restrictions despite the poor service”

In his statements the Anauco’s President has confirmed having received complaints from people who reported damage to your appliances for energy drops and urged the national government to take into account private groups in order to work together.

Assistance to Venezuelan companies to reduce energy costs

Given this situation, it is important to find solutions to the energy problem and tools which help the assurance of power supply and energy saving efficiently.

In this respect, Aener Energia, a 100% Spanish company specialized in saving and power quality, can offer optimal solutions both socially and economically.

The activity of the company, which was established in 1994, is mainly focused manufacturing of power capacitors, automatic capacitors banks and equipments for the network’s quality such as UPS’s and voltage stabilizers.

From the beginning, Aener Energia has been characterized by providing to the power factor correction market relevant aspects such as integrated product management and service and constant work of R&D+i. Its symbol of identity is the production of a high quality service and attention and personal relationship with its customers.

Throughout its business career, Aener Energia has adapted to the continuous technological changes and its symbol of identity is a high quality service and attention and personal relationship with its customers. These characteristics have allowed it to differentiate itself from competitors and get recognized among companies in the sector of energy saving in the EU and other countries.

The business career of AENER has been marked by a quality policy both in the training of its staff and the product and. In fact, the company establishes and integrates in its organization a quality system based on customer satisfaction and participation of all its employees.

The company has ISO9001-2008 certification; all its products have CE marked and comply with applicable regulations.

Also, Aener Energia has obtained the technical approval of DURE (Management of Rational Energy Use) of Cuba, one of the few companies worldwide to obtain this approval. Also, it is using total control systems of its equipments with testing loads, product traceability procedures and careful choice of components. These factors are crucial to achieve a stringent quality policy.

Since the beginning of its activity, Aener Energia has had a continuous presence in international markets worldwide. The ambitious expansion and implementation plan conducted from the moment of its start-up by the professionals of the company has enabled the company to position itself as the leading international markets like Europe, Latin America or Asia. Also in developing countries where the assurance of power and energy saving are key factors for growth.

In this sense, countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Central America and Caribbean, North and Central Africa, Middle East and Asian countries are very significant markets for the company, present in more than 25 countries on four continents.

With an annual production volume of more than 2.300 equipments, Aener is one of the leading European manufacturers of control and energy saving. In addition, approximately 30% of its units are supplied to installers or distributors and the forecast is to reach 45% by 2015.

Aener Energia is one of the few European companies in the sector of Power Factor Correction, Uninterruptible Power Supply and Voltage Stabilizers, which has an integrated product management and service.

Within its international activity necessary to emphasize its presence in the most important fairs in the world such as: Hanover (Germany), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Mexico City (Mexico), Shanghai and Beijing (China), Lisbon (Portugal), Havana (Cuba) or Madrid.