Understanding the implications of these new rules will allow users to better prepare for the future.
Department of Energy (DOE)
NEW ORLEANS, LA — The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a historic $169 million for nine projects to accelerate electric heat pump manufacturing at 15 sites across the country. The selected projects are the first awards from DOE’s authorization to utilize the Defense Production Act (DPA) to increase domestic production of five key clean energy technologies, including electric heat pumps.
What to know about these motors in pumping applications.
How applying a variable frequency drive can aid plant managers during the COVID-19 crisis.
Make sure your pumps are compliant with this new energy conservation standard.
New requirements in 2020 offer opportunities for improving system function.
Energy efficiency beyond legislative requirements.
New technology provides experts with better design options.
Motor efficiency standards are in use today, and now the DOE has focused its rulemaking process on pumps and other components connected to motors.
The study will give industry stakeholders a better understanding of the marketplace and help them become more globally competitive.
This is the first time the DOE has developed rules to determine the efficiency of pump systems.
Pump system professionals must be aware of new rules to adapt to an evolving marketplace.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. (Sept. 1, 2015) – The Hydraulic Institute (HI) led the effort to organize the pump industry and facilitated the data gathering and standards development required for the Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC) negotiated energy conservation standard and test procedure for commercial and industrial pumps (CIP).
PARSIPPANY, N.J. (June 12, 2015) – The Hydraulic Institute (HI) and its members have worked closely with the Department of Energy (DOE) throughout the rule-making process for the Energy Conservation Standard on Commercials Industrial Pumps.
Programs will help OEMs and end users navigate a more regulated environment for U.S. pumps.
Parsippany, NJ (March 20, 2015) - The Hydraulic Institute (HI), North America’s largest pump trade association, announced the release of two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) by the United States Department of Energy (DOE), copies of which are now available through the HI website. New details and background on HI’s role in representing HI members and the pump industry on evolving regulations are available at Pumps.org/DOERulemaking.
The Integral Horsepower Motor Rule will take effect June 1, 2016.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (July 21, 2014) – In another step forward for the Alaska LNG project, an application to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) was submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy.
The export application requests authorization to export up to 20 million metric tons per year of LNG for 30 years to countries that have existing free trade agreements with the U.S., as well as to non-free trade agreement countries.