Press Release
EUROPEAN INDUSTRY HAS TWO YEARS TO COMPLY WITH NEW MOTOR
REGULATIONS, WARNS EU
New European energy efficiency rules for electric motors and
their use with electronic drives will soon be saving the equivalent
of Sweden’s total annual electricity consumption
New, tighter regulations for improved efficiency of electric
motor designs and installations under Directive 2005/32/EC are due
to come into force mid year 2009 and will start to deliver serious
energy savings by 2011. This measure is a major contribution
towards the EU’s energy efficiency and climate protection targets
and will result in significant savings in electricity consumption
equivalent to Sweden’s annual electricity consumption.
The EU Commission estimates that there are 85 million large
electrical motors in the Community Market. These consume 70%
of the energy used within industry amounting to 1067 TWh in 2005,
corresponding to 427 Mt of CO2 emissions. Without these
regulations, it is predicted that this will increase to 1252 TWh by
2020. It has been concluded that the life-cycle energy
consumption and the use-phase electricity consumption can be
improved significantly, in particular if motors in variable speed /
load applications are equipped with drives.
Directive 2005/32/EC is based around new IE efficiency ratings
for electric motors. These are;
IE1 – Similar to the current Eff2 rating
IE2 – Similar to the current Eff1 rating
IE3 – New, better than Eff1
IE4 – Even better, but not yet
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