Motor systems are responsible for 69 % of electricity consumption in industry in Austria. They include pump, fan, refrigeration and compressed air systems, among others. At the same time, an average of 20 % of electricity consumption can be saved through appropriate optimisation measures. These systems also have the highest potential for flexible power compared to other systems in energy-intensive industry. This task will investigate how this potential can best be tapped. Digitalisation of these plants can contribute to both goals (load management and efficiency) by transmitting the current load status and influencing load via intelligent control.

Since 2017, the Austrian Energy Agency has been leading the task on new technologies and digitalisation (current name: Technology Monitoring) in electric motor systems of the Electric Motor Systems Annex. Participating countries are Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland.
The long-term goal is to develop recommendations for companies and political decision-makers in the area of energy efficiency through digitalisation and load management in electric motor systems.
This project will produce a report that summarises the current state of the art in load management and, building on the results to date, current digitalisation technologies for increasing efficiency in electric motor systems.

The report will also include concrete use cases. To this end, web research will be carried out, articles analysed and applications sought from the network of klimaaktiv, the Austrian Energy Agency and via aggregators.

Furthermore, a survey on use cases, barriers and benefits of load management will be conducted among users and programme providers through interviews and online surveys among energy managers and consultants. In addition, programmes will be analysed. Nationally, current reports are analysed, programmes are described and their potential is estimated, supplemented with international programmes and policy recommendations are identified.

Results from other tasks (International Standards, Policy and Tools) are disseminated through reports, conferences, expert workshops and newsletters. Stakeholders are involved through workshops, online surveys and direct contacts in the form of interviews and presentations of results.

The results are disseminated by means of reports, at conferences and national and international expert workshops and via newsletters. Industry involvement takes place through the workshops and direct contacts in the form of interviews.

Australia, Austria, Denmark, Europen Commission, Netherlands (Operating Agent), New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, USA

Österreichische Energieagentur
Mag. DI Konstantin Kulterer
Mariahilfer Straße 136
A-1150 Wien
Tel.: +43 (1) 586 15 24-114
E-Mail: konstantin.kulterer@energyagency.at

Mag. Petra Lackner
Österreichische Energieagentur
E-Mail: petra.lackner@energyagency.at