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Advanced Energy Efficiency, Lecture 2: Industry - Rocky Mountain ...

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Prompt retrofits of induction<br />

motors...<br />

◊ Usually assumed not to save enough to justify<br />

the entire cost of a new motor (vs. just the<br />

marginal cost, if any, of a more efficient<br />

replacement when the old one burns out)<br />

◊ Often assumed to need ~10–20 years to<br />

repay a new motor’s cost<br />

◊ But this view counts just one<br />

benefit—electricity directly saved by the new<br />

motor’s higher nameplate efficiency

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