13 March 2014 At next month’s Hannover Fair, the Brazilian motor manufacturer WEG is launching an “IE5” permanent-magnet (PM) motor with a rated efficiency of 96.6% and “significantly”… Read More
13 March 2014 The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has published a new standard which, for the first time, officially defines IE4 Super Premium efficiency motors, as well as… Read More
6 March 2014 Beama – the trade body that represents the electrotechnical industry in the UK – has secured clarification on a recently published European Commission amendment to… Read More
27 February 2014 The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) has joined forces with Societe Generale Equipment Finance (SGEF) to provide £50m of finance for energy efficiency projects, with… Read More
5 February 2014 The Californian motor manufacturer NovaTorque has announced 7.5hp (5.6kW) and 10hp (7.45kW) versions of its electronically commutated permanent magnet motors, which it claims are 3%… Read More
2 December 2013 The US government has announced plans to introduce new efficiency standards for electric motors that it estimates could save roughly 1 trillion kWh of electricity… Read More
27 August 2013 Standard-efficiency IE1 motors still represent a significant portion of revenues in low-voltage (LV) motor markets that are meant to be moving to to higher efficiencies… Read More
14 August 2013 With the introduction of the EU’s ERP directive, fan manufacturers face the challenge of either improving the efficiency of their systems that don’t comply, or… Read More
22 July 2013 Sales of medium- and high-voltage motors in South-East Asia will climb from $615.4m in 2012 to reach $802m by 2019, according to a new forecast… Read More
5 July 2013 The Singapore railway operator SMRT is refitting 66 commuter trains with permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs) in a move that is expected to cut power… Read More
