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 ...

The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) was passed by Congress and signed into law December 19, 2007. EISA builds on the previous Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct), updating mandated ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Continuing headlines about superefficient electric drives might lead some observers to wonder about the future of three-phase induction motors. The truth is that induction motors aren’t going away any ...

With the authority of Congress, the Department of Energy (DOE) establishes minimum energy efficiency standards on many products, including electric motors used in homes and businesses. The goal of ...

Energy efficiency is one of the most misunderstood aspects of fractional horsepower motors and gearmotors. It normally does not receive much attention; however, efficiency can be critically important ...

Planet Earth is estimated to have consumed 25 petawatts (pW) of electricity in 2020. That's '25' hitched to 15 zeros. More than 40 percent of those electrons were routed through electromagnetic ...

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 ...