EU Member States reduce the energy use of industrial motors
On 11 March EU Member States showed their support for new rules to reduce the electricity consumption of industrial motors - which will save the equivalent of Sweden's electricity consumption each year - during the Ecodesign Regulatory Committee meeting.
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| Source of information | EU |
| Release date | 13/03/2009 |
| Contributor | David Conway |
| Geographical coverage | EU |
| Keywords | EU, energy efficiency |
The Regulation will forbid the placing on the market of motors below standard IE2 efficiency by 2011 and will allow only highly-efficient IE3 motors for big motors from 2015 and for all other motors from 2017.
The Regulation is expected to create 40,000 new jobs and make electricity savings of €9 billion by 2020.
As an alternative, standard efficiency IE2 motors can continue to be sold after 2015 if they are put into service with variable speed drives. A drive allows adapting the speed of a motor according to the needs to ensure optimal efficiency. The use of drives leads to drastic savings in energy consumption.
The legislation will lead to annual use-phase electricity consumption savings in EU-27 of about 135 TWh by 2020, corresponding to an annual reduction of 63 Mt of CO2 emissions. These savings correspond to about the annual electricity consumption of Sweden.
The three-staged approach allows all manufacturers, in particular small and medium enterprises, to adapt to the new requirements. The Regulation builds on the results of an in-depth analysis of the technical, economic and environmental aspects of industrial motors, which was carried out together with stakeholders and experts from around the world.