The future? Empty chairs

Well, maybe it is.

My first introduction to power generation was at unit EC 20.
At that time it was build up with a boiler and a steamturbine.
Six persons and two shiftleaders in a shift were taking care of the unit, to make it produce electricity. (besides a maintenance department and staff).
In 1988 a 140 MegaWatt gasturbine was fitted in to make it a so-called "combi unit" with increased efficiency and higher output.
Still seven persons in a shift.

In 1995 the new units were started up and in one shift there were 12 operators and two shiftleaders which operated the two plants (in total six units with a total output of appr. 2400 MegaWatts).
Nowadays there are only six operators in one shift (and one shiftleader).... for still 2400 MegaWatts.

Today after starting up the unit EC 20 the two operators who were there went to the Central Control Room in the Service Building at the "new" units and the control room at unit EC 20 was abandoned....
This is the abandoned control room of unit EC 20; empty chairs...

This is a test but I fear...

My feeling is unhappy about this but I (we) cannot make quite clear what might happen so the management will listen...

Well: Years ago in the merchant marine there was always an engineer in the engineroom in a 4 hours on, 8 hours off shift.

When I went to sea most of the time the engineroom was deserted after 17:00 hours.
Almost everything was monitored and when some measurement became out of certain ranges an alarm sounded.
So that was the beginning... of zero men on duty.

I must get used to it I guess....

Here it is in LARGE