Some utility companies and public agencies have rebate programs in place to encourage customers to upgrade their existing standard-efficiency motors to NEMA Premium™ efficiency motors. Yet, to ...

Abandon the “one-size-fits-all” approach in favor of balancing motor sizing, energy loss, and operational cost factors to ...

When the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issues the final versions of it its long-awaited fan efficiency test and efficiency standards rules over the coming months, it will apply regulations to a ...

In a little more than a year from now, most of your new motors must meet new efficiency levels mandated by federal legislation. On October 24 of next year and thereafter, most new motors manufactured ...

The quest for energy efficient electric motors has generated a lot of interesting ideas. One of the latest is said to push the efficiency of induction motors to better than super-premium levels by ...

High energy costs and government power consumption regulations are making motor efficiency a global concern. In response, industry has developed a number of motor and motor drive solutions to make it ...

Adjustable-frequency drives have been billed as an energy efficient way to drive three-phase ac induction motors. Nevertheless, designers should understand that motors fed by inverter power experience ...

Electric motor power efficiency has taken center stage. Individuals, corporations, and governments are increasingly interested in saving power, now that technology can make it possible and economy ...

“Green” means different things to different people. For most, it refers to energy efficiency, and that's probably the easiest way to think about it: Minimize inefficiencies and losses to maximize ...

As a group, electric motors represent one of the best opportunities to save energy and reduce operating costs in a power plant. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) estimates that American industry ...

In the industrial sector, energy-efficient motors are used in various applications, such as pumps, compressors, fans, conveyors, and processing equipment to achieve improved energy efficiency, lower ...