Motor System Efficiency Supply Curves: Assessing the Energy Efficiency Potential of Industrial Motor Systems

The report describes motor systems and their potential to be a cost-effective source for industrial energy efficiency savings. A major barrier to effective policymaking, and to more global acceptance of the energy efficiency potential in industrial motor systems, is the lack of a transparent methodology for quantifying the magnitude and cost-effectiveness of these energy savings. This report presents the results of groundbreaking analyses conducted for five countries and one region to begin to address this barrier. Using a combination of expert opinion and available data from the United States, Canada, the European Union, Thailand, Vietnam, and Brazil, bottom-up Energy Efficiency Supply Curve models were constructed to estimate the cost-effective electricity efficiency potentials and CO2 emission reduction for three types of motor systems (compressed air, pumping, and fan).

Source/Author: 
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Resource Date:
5th October, 2015
Resource Type:
Otherc
Resource Region:
Global,United States
Resource Language:
English
Sector:
Motor Systems,Compressed Air
Topic:
Technologies and Measures

Resource Link:

http://industrial-energy.lbl.gov/files/industrial-energy/active/0/UNIDO%20Motor%...