Technology & Capacity Building

Mandatory requirements

Program name:

Equipment Energy Efficiency (E3) Programme

Scope:

• Registration
• MEPS for 50 Hz electric motors from 0.73 to 185 kW, 2-4-6-8 poles (voluntary high efficiency performance standards)
• Check testing for compliance

Duration:

2006 – to date (MEPS for motors in effect since 2001)

Executing organisation:

Australian Government, State and Territory Governments, New Zealand Government (E3 Committee)

Program link:

www.energyrating.gov.au

Information & training

Program name:

1. Energy Efficiency Opportunities
2. Energy Efficiency Exchange

Scope

1. Energy-using businesses identify, evaluate and report publicly on cost effective energy savings opportunities, mandatory for corporations using > 0.5 PJ/year.
2. Best practice information, case studies, resource material for medium to large energy-using companies

Duration:

1. 2006 – to date
2. 2012 – to date

Executing organisation :

Australian Government, Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism

Program link:

1. http://www.ret.gov.au/energy/efficiency/eeo/Pages/default.aspx
2. http://eex.gov.au/technologies/motors/

Financial incentives

None

Mandatory requirements

Program name:

EU Ecodesign requirements

Scope:

See details under European Union

Information & training

Program name:

Klima:aktiv

Scope:

Information & training:

• Guides and tools
• Trainings
• Best practices

Duration:

2004 – to date

Executing organisation:

Austrian Energy Agency (energy agency)

Program link:

www.klimaaktiv.at/effizienz (in German)

Financial incentives

Program name

1. Regional programs
2. SME initiative
3. Support for energy efficiency measures in companies

Scope:

1. energy audits and consulting, investment support
2. energy audits for SMEs
3. efficient use of energy, including optimisation of motor systems

Duration:

1. individual
2. 2009 – 2013
3. ongoing

Executing organisation

1. Regions: Burgenland, Kärnten, Niederösterreich, Oberösterreich, Salzburg, Steiermark, Tirol, Vorarlberg, Wien
2. Klima- und Energiefonds
3. Kommunalkredit Public Consulting

Program link

1. Overview (in German)
2. www.kmu-scheck.at (in German)
3. Overview (in German)

Mandatory requirements

Program name:

EU Ecodesign requirements

Scope:

See details under European Union

Information & training

Program name:

Sparemotor

Scope:

Website with information on efficient motors

Duration:

ongoing

Executing organisation:

Danish Energy Agency

Program link:

webpage under construction

Financial incentives

Program name:

Voluntary agreements in industry on energy efficiency

Scope:

Green (including CO2) tax reduction.

Companies’ commitment:

• energy management
• production and energy systems analysis
• implement energy efficiency projects with payback < 4 years

Duration:

1996 – to date

Executing organisation:

Danish Energy Agency

Program link:

http://www.ens.dk/en-US/ConsumptionAndSavings/Industry/Sider/Voluntaryagreementsindustryonenergyefficiency.aspx

Mandatory requirements

Program name:

EU Ecodesign requirements

Scope:

MEPS for motors

• IE2 since 2011
• IE3 or IE2+VSD, 7.5 kW – 375 kW from 2015
• IE3 or IE2+VSD, 0.75 kW – 375 kW from 2017

Executing organisation:

European Commission – Directorate-General for Energy

Commission Regulation (EC) No 640/2009

Legal basis:

For MEPS effective from 2021: Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1781, see details

Mandatory requirements

Program name:

EU Ecodesign requirements

Scope:

See details under European Union

Information & training

Program name:

1. Long Term Agreements Energy Efficiency (LTA)
2. Energy Efficiency Obligation
3. Knowledge network efficient electric motor systems

Scope:

1. Voluntary agreements. Companies commit to an energy efficiency target (2% per year), an energy efficiency plan, define measures and a timeline. The agreements are made on a sector level.
2. Companies are obligated to report the energy efficiency measures taken.
3. Experience exchange, audit program, workshops, tools, fact sheets, pilot projects

Duration:

1. 1993 – 2020
2. 2011 – to date
3. 2014 – to date

Executing organisation:

Netherland Enterprise Agency

Program link:

1. www.rvo.nl/onderwerpen/duurzaam-ondernemen/energie-besparen/mja3-mee (Dutch)
2. Energy Efficiency Obligation
3. Efficient Motor Systems in industry, Knowledge Network (Dutch)

Financial incentives

Program name:

Energy Investment Allowance (EIA)

Scope:

Incentive program for energy efficiency investments

Duration:

2009 – to date

Executing organisation:

Netherlands Enterprise Agency

Program link:

See webpage EIA

Comprehensive brochure: Energy List 2019

Mandatory requirements

Program name:

1. EU Ecodesign requirements
2. Law on Energy Auditing in Large enterprises

Scope:

1. See details under European Union
2. Mandatory energy audits identifying measures for, among other things, electrical motor systems

Information & training

Program name:

Sector Strategies for Energy Efficiency

Scope:

Long term, together with stakeholders, 50% more efficient by 2030, all sectors

Duration:

2017 – 2030

Executing organisation:

Swedish Energy Agency: national authority for energy policy issuses

Program link:

www.energimyndigheten.se/energieffektivisering/program-och-uppdrag/Sektorsstrategier-for-energieffektivisering2/ (in Swedish)

Financial incentives

Program name:

1. Support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based on energy usage
2. The Energy Step

Scope:

1. Networks, Energy Audit Supports, Regional Nodes, Technology development, Energy Services, etc.
2. Designed to support the implementation of energy efficiency measures in the industry sector, large enterprises

Duration:

1. 2015 – 2020 (will be continued)
2. 2018 – 2020 (will be continued)

Executing organisation:

Swedish Energy Agency

Program link:

Support for energy mapping in SMEs:
www.energimyndigheten.se/nrp/stod-for- energikartlaggning-i-sma-och-medelstora-foretag/ (in Swedish)

Energy efficiency networks:
www.energimyndigheten.se/nrp/natverk-for-energieffektivisering/ (in Swedish)

www.energimyndigheten.se/energieffektivisering/program-och-uppdrag/energisteget2/ (in Swedish)

Mandatory requirements

Program name:

MEPS

Scope:

In line with EU Ecodesign requirements for motors

See details under European Union

Executing organisation:

Swiss Federal Office of Energy (government)

Link:

http://www.topmotors.ch/en/content/standards-regulations

Information & training

Program name:

Topmotors

Scope:

Information & training:

• Information sheets
• Software tools
• Workshops, Motor Summit

Duration:

2007 – to date

Executing organisation:

Impact Energy

Program link:

www.topmotors.ch

Financial incentives

Program name:

Overview of different programs

Examples:

1. ProKilowatt competitive tenders
2. TopFU (ProKilowatt program)

Scope:

1. Electric energy savings in household, industry, services sectors
2. Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) retrofit program for motors

Duration:

1. 2010 – to date
2. 2019 – 2021

Executing organisation:

1. ProKilowatt c/o Cimark, mandated by Swiss Federal Office of Energy
2. Impact Energy

Program link:

1. www.prokw.ch (German, French)
2. www.topfu.ch (German, French, Italian)

Mandatory requirements

Program name:

Building Technologies Program

Scope:

MEPS for 60 Hz electric motors from 1-500 hp:

• 1-200 hp: NEMA Premium efficiency (IE3) level
• 201-500 hp:NEMA Energy Efficient (IE2) level

Enforcement:

2011 – to date (MEPS for motors in effect since 1997)

Executing organisation:

Department of Energy (government)

Legal basis:

Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA 2007)

Information & training

Program name:

1. Advanced Manufacturing Office (former Industrial Technologies Program)
2. Motor Decisions Matter

Scope:

1. training, tools, energy assessments, projects database, voluntary commitment to energy efficiency, energy management
2. public awareness raising, tools, events

Duration:

ongoing

Executing organisation:

Department of Energy (government)
Consortium for Energy Efficiency (non-profit)

Program link:

www1.eere.energy.gov/manufacturing/index.html
www.motorsmatter.org

Financial incentives

All programs can be found in the State Incentives & Resource Database: www1.eere.energy.gov/manufacturing/states/state_activities/incentive_search.aspx