Agricultural, Blogs, Energy Efficiency, PSM Newsletter, Regulatory, Water/Wastewater | December 12, 2023
Upgrading pumping systems to improve pump efficiency and adding variable speed drives could save farmers $1.8 billion annually energy costs. What’s more, these upgrades would typically pay for themselves in under two years.
Blogs, Energy Efficiency, PSM Newsletter | December 12, 2023
The Pump Savings Calculator, version 1.0.2, was recently released, which is inclusive of the most up to date energy costs released by the Energy Information Agency.
Energy Efficiency, Regulatory, Water/Wastewater, Blogs | December 7, 2023
In this interview, Executive Director Michael Michaud tells us more about HI’s work with municipal and irrigation clients, its partnerships with government agencies, and its industry conferences.
Blogs, Energy Efficiency, PSM Newsletter | October 31, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC) is providing rebates for pumps, fans, and compressors that meet minimum energy requirements. The rebate program aims to help reduce the cost of making energy efficient upgrades, and the types of businesses that are most likely to benefit are ones with large motor driven pump loads that are operating without variable speed controls.
Blogs, Energy Efficiency, PSM Newsletter | September 27, 2022
Energy organizations and utilities are learning how to leverage DOE regulations, pump efficiency labels, and utility programs to speed the adoption of high-efficiency pumps.
PSM Newsletter, Blogs, Energy Efficiency, Technical | September 27, 2022
System design engineers typically “round up” system capacity and losses to leave room for everything from changes during construction and potential facility expansions to fluid viscosity changes and the gradual roughening of pipe surfaces over time. As a result, pumps in the field often run at higher pressures and flowrates than their application requires.
Blogs, Energy Efficiency, Training | September 2, 2022
Pump systems play a critical role in keeping our world in motion. However, opportunities to improve pump system reliability and efficiency often go unnoticed when current demands are not verified or new demands are not considered prior to selecting a new pump.
Energy Efficiency, Blogs | June 27, 2022
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) is a leading independent, non-profit energy R&D organization focused on electricity generation, delivery, and use. Its technology portfolios range from sustainability and decarbonization to nuclear power and smart grid technologies—and pumps.
Blogs, Energy Efficiency | May 13, 2022
While reliability has long been the larger focus of pump optimization, minimizing energy usage is becoming an increasingly important consideration in how we see and plan the optimization of pump systems.
Blogs, Energy Efficiency, PSM Newsletter | December 14, 2021
Utilities have long offered incentives for large municipal and industrial pumps. In the Northwest, an alliance of utilities and energy organizations is making the case for smaller pumps for commercial applications.
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