Here is our final report in 16-page appealing brochure format summarizing the starting point and key objectives of our project and to present to our kind stakeholders our final outcomes, results, conclusions and recommendations for future activities to support EU Member States under their obligations in EED.

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As part of Work Package 6, we analysed the possibilities of replicating the developed policies for replacing electric motors to other, related products categories where similar barriers to the accelerated uptake of more efficient units are identified. These product categories include, among others, pumps and fans, transmission systems (gear, belt-drive), and entire cooling systems and air compressors. We analysed existing programmes aiming to directly or indirectly stimulate the uptake of more efficient units in these product categories and calculated the potential impact of replacing older units.

Programmes already identified in the EU-MORE Review of Past and Existing Policies for the Acceleration of Electric Motor Renovation (D2.2) [1] are further analysed, with a focus on elements of motor driven systems (pumps, fans, air compressors, chillers). To this, the analysis added similar programmes that were not tackled by the EU-MORE motor policy review. We identified programmes for motor driven systems (such as compressors, pumps, or fans) in 14 countries. They cover the full range of policy instruments, from awareness raising activities and trainings, over audit programmes, to financial incentives and white certificate schemes.

The EU-MORE project, in its Work Package 4 (WP4), aims to develop and implement tools for the projection, monitoring, and evaluation of motor replacements. The central pillar of these efforts is the developed EU-MORE Motor Model (EU-M³), a comprehensive analytical tool designed to measure the impact of existing and emerging policies on the energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of electric motors.

The purpose of this report is to explain the development and functionality of the model, the process of policy selection and finally to provide examples of policy impact modelling.

The EU-MORE Deliverable D2.4 report examines the critical interplay between motor replacement, energy efficiency gains, and the principles of circular economy. As the EU accelerates motor renovation to improve energy efficiency and achieve its climate goals, this report investigates the implications for material use, recycling practices, and resource circularity.

The EU-MORE motor model (EU-M³) was developed with the main objective of analysing the impact of existing and new directives on the replacement of electric motors. The motivation behind the development of this tool is to enable stakeholders, especially policy makers, to understand the far-reaching implications of decisions in motor policy and to provide them with a platform for conducting their analyses

you can download the excel based tool here.

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Growing awareness in governments and industry about the importance of energy-efficiency and its multiple benefits, together with the increasing number of countries implementing minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) for motors, has led to great improvements in the energy efficiency of motors. These now reach levels well above IE3, known as super- and ultra-premium efficiency motors (IE4 and IE5, respectively). Induction motors with IE4 efficiency are now widely available on the market.

Technologies such as permanent magnet motors and synchronous reluctance motors make it even possible to exceed the IE4 and IE5 efficiency limits (see Figure 1).
Three-phase squirrel cage induction motors (SCIM) are still the preferred choice for fixed speed applications because of their reliability. Other technologies capable of starting direct-on-line (DOL) have also appeared, such as line-start permanent magnet motors (LSPM) and DOL synchronous reluctance motors (SynRM), but they still show some operational drawbacks limiting their widespread use.

Conversely, in applications where speed variation is necessary, permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSM) and Synchronous Reluctance Motors (SynRM) are considered viable alternatives to induction motors, rivalling in reliability and excelling in efficiency. Operating at synchronous speed, these motors eliminate rotor losses, which can lead to very high efficiency levels, even exceeding IE5.

This report presents an assessment of the EU-27 electric motor market. It provides information, collected from different sources, on the number of motor sales categorised by technology, power range and efficiency class. The report also includes tables and figures that depict the production, sales and consumption of electric motors in the EU-27, as well as estimates of the motors’ installed base and its electricity consumption. These last two figures remain with a large degree of uncertainty, as recent and credible sources for the underlying assumptions are lacking. In particular, discrepancies between the results of various calculation methods for the electricity consumption remain unsolved. This underscores the importance of having accurate and recent data on the characteristics of the motors’ installed base.

The data presented in this report will serve as a baseline for estimating the savings potentials associated with the policy recommendations elaborated by EU-MORE.

The Light Version of the EU-MORE Policy Review includes the report's results, the country review template adopted and a summary table of the analysed policy measures.

Electric motors for industrial applications have the tendency to stay in service longer than their expected lifetime and be replaced only at their end-of-life, limiting the benefits of the higher efficiency of new motors. The EU-MORE project aims to capture the benefits of accelerating the replacement rate of old, inefficient motors through the development of new policies. To accomplish this, a review of past and existing policies targeting industrial electric motors has been conducted for 27 European Member States. The review encompasses 64 policy measures targeting directly and indirectly the early replacement of motors as a measure to improve energy efficiency in industries. Each policy measure is presented with a short description, responsible authority, status, issue date, start date, end date, duration, and reference to the official publication. Additionally, a preliminary estimation of the impact of the analysed measures has been conducted.
The review methodology is based on the contribution of several country experts able to provide a high-level perspective on the national policies under exam.
The results show a strong predominance of financial measures, mostly subsidies and loans (or combinations of them), followed by mandatory standards, fiscal measures and voluntary agreements. The review highlighted a very low implementation of measures targeting trainings and information, particularly relevant for industrial SMEs. On a national level, Germany resulted the country with the highest number of measures involving electric motors, followed by Austria. Very few national policies include systemic approaches to motor systems (i.e. including the overall supply of motive power as well as the demand side for motive power), which generate usually the highest energy savings, as evidenced from case studies.
The report is complemented by an in-depth presentation of measures directly targeting industrial electric motors across the Member States.

The Full Version of this deliverable includes the review reports of the 27 Member States.