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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Motor Challenge Showcase Demonstration Projects
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice inviting participation.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is interested in obtaining
proposals from industrial electric motor system end users for projects
that are intended to demonstrate and ``showcase'' electric motor system
energy efficiency, productivity, and environmental improvement in
varied industrial or municipal facilities and settings. Projects
selected by DOE will become ``Showcase Demonstrations'' and are part of
a larger, Federally-sponsored (DOE) program that is an industry-driven
collaborative effort called MOTOR CHALLENGE. The experiences and
successful results to be gained from the Showcase Demonstrations will
be used to encourage other U.S. industrial companies with similar
applications to adopt efficient electric motor systems, and therefore,
to increase the market penetration of efficient electric motor systems
on a widespread basis within the U.S.
DATES: To guarantee consideration, preliminary proposals must be
received by January 18, 1995. Preliminary-proposals shall be considered
as meeting the deadline if they are either: (1) received on or before
the deadline date or, (2) postmarked on or before the deadline date.
Preliminary-proposals which do not meet the deadline will be considered
late applications and may not be considered. The preliminarily-accepted
Showcase Demonstrations are projected to be announced by approximately
February, 1995 and will be asked by DOE to provide final-proposals. The
final proposals scheduled due date is approximately March, 1995. DOE is
expected to finalize Showcase Demonstration project selection by
approximately April, 1995. The initial Showcase Demonstration Workshop
is scheduled to take place in May, 1995. It is envisioned that selected
projects will have a duration of no more than 18 months, and therefore,
projects are expected to be completed (the project's costs and benefits
defined and validated) by September, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Preliminary-proposals and MOTOR CHALLENGE Partnership
applications should be submitted to the MOTOR CHALLENGE Information
Clearinghouse: MOTOR CHALLENGE Information Clearinghouse, P.O. Box
43171, Olympia, Washington 98504-3171.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To receive further information on the
MOTOR CHALLENGE Partnership, to obtain application forms for the
Partnership, or to make inquiries related to the Showcase Demonstration
projects, call the MOTOR CHALLENGE Hotline at 1-800-862-2086.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MOTOR CHALLENGE program is designed to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions through increased market penetration of
efficient electric motor systems. It is expected that industry
participants will achieve increased electric motor system efficiency
through the system integration of a variety of technology and
application options including: energy efficient electric motors,
adjustable speed drives, and motor-driven equipment (e.g., pumps, fans,
and compressors) within industrial operations and processes. DOE is
carrying out the MOTOR CHALLENGE program with industrial and
manufacturing companies, municipalities, electric motor and drive
manufacturers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), distributors,
utilities, energy service companies, research institutes, other Federal
agencies, state energy agencies, public interest groups, and other
supporting organizations. DOE will be the Federal agency with the
responsibility of selecting Showcase Demonstration projects, and will
then develop an Agreement between the government and the respective
selected companies.
The MOTOR CHALLENGE program was launched on October 19, 1993 by the
Federal government (DOE) and industry with the signing of the MOTOR
CHALLENGE Compact (dated October 13, 1993). As stated within the MOTOR
CHALLENGE Compact, DOE would issue an appropriate notice to solicit
participants in the MOTOR CHALLENGE Showcase Demonstrations. This
notice satisfies such a commitment by DOE. Projects selected as
Showcase Demonstrations by DOE will be those of greater interest as
discussed under the Technical Evaluation Criteria and Review Process
section. Project teams selected to participate will receive a variety
of technical assistance from DOE, but will not receive financial
assistance to implement the demonstration projects. Other projects that
are evaluated and determined to be technically feasible and
interesting, but are not selected as Showcase Demonstrations, will be
recognized by DOE for inclusion as MOTOR CHALLENGE Case Study Briefs.
All Case Study Brief project teams will be encouraged by DOE to
continue their efficient electric motor system deployment. All Case
Study Brief teams will be informed of the Showcase Demonstration
projects' progress and experiences. The achievements and successful
results from any Case Study Brief project can be recognized through the
voluntary reporting of the energy savings and the associated greenhouse
gas emission reductions into the DOE Electric Motor Systems Database by
the industrial end-user project team.
As one condition of proposing to be a Showcase Demonstration, DOE
requires that each company, organization, and/or agency of a proposing
team, simultaneously join the MOTOR CHALLENGE Partnership by submitting
an appropriately completed application. (The availability of
application forms is discussed in For Further Information Contact
section above).
Benefits of Industry Participation
Industry will receive many benefits to participating as a MOTOR
CHALLENGE Showcase Demonstration project team. The principal benefit of
participation is for an individual company to achieve energy
efficiency, productivity, and environmental performance goals faster
than otherwise. This will primarily be accomplished by the adoption of
a ``systems approach'' in the way electric motor and drives are
utilized within industrial operations and processes. Participation in
the Showcase Demonstration projects provides leveraged access to
technical assistance, and more reliable information. Participants will
use the experiences of the Showcase Demonstrations to replicate
opportunities within similar applications. In addition, participants
will gain national recognition for taking a leadership role in a unique
industry/government partnership. A secondary benefit of participation
is to catalyze and to solidify strategic alliances among team members
that otherwise would be more difficult to initiate and/or to maintain.
Specifically, the MOTOR CHALLENGE Showcase Demonstration project
teams will be provided the following technical assistance and special
access to DOE-funded activities:
(1) Input to Development of Technical Tools and Best Practices
DOE will support the development of design-decision tools, best
practices, and guidelines on various electric motor system application
topics (e.g., motors, adjustable speed drives, pumps, fans,
compressors, etc.). Teams will provide input to DOE to ensure that the
tools, materials, and procedures developed, appropriately meet
industry's design and decision-making, needs and requirements.
(2) Performance Validation
DOE will pay for appropriate engineering consulting assistance to
advise Showcase Demonstration teams on performance validation issues.
Working jointly with individual teams, the consultants will assist and
advise teams on the development and design of reliable experimental and
performance measurement techniques so that the demonstration's costs
and benefits can be validated. At the completion of each project the
engineering consultants will prepare an independent performance
validation.
(3) Case Study Documentation and Dissemination
DOE will pay for the development and documentation of a
comprehensive case history for each Showcase Demonstration, and will
disseminate the case study results subject to team member's and
independent performance validator's review and approval. Likewise, DOE
will provide a compendium of Case Study Briefs.
(4) Access to Experts Group
Through Oak Ridge National Lab, DOE will assemble an Experts Group
of consultants, comprising of experts in, for example, electric motors,
drives, fluid handling equipment, specific process industries, power
systems, etc. Reasonable access to the Experts Group will be provided
to the teams to acquire technical assistance and advice.
(5) Participation in Showcase Demonstration Workshops
Team members will be invited to DOE-sponsored workshops where all
Showcase Demonstration teams will be provided the opportunity to
exchange valuable information and to discuss common implementation
experiences with industry counterparts. These workshops will also serve
to inform participants of the latest available technology.
Benefits to the Government
The knowledge and experiences of the Showcase Demonstrations will
be used in future DOE efforts to assist industry in replicating and
implementing efficient electric motor systems. DOE intends that the
long-term result of highlighting the exemplary and cost-effective
benefits of the Showcase Demonstrations is the accelerated and
increased market penetration of efficient electric motor systems within
U.S. industry. The deployment of efficient industrial electric motor
systems will contribute significantly to greater energy efficiency,
reduced primary/source energy consumption, deferred new power
generation capacity, improved industrial productivity and
competitiveness, and enhanced environmental protection for the United
States.
Eligible Project Teams
Only industrial or municipal electric motor system ``end-users''
are eligible to submit project preliminary-proposals, and for those
preliminarily-selected as Showcase Demonstrations, final proposals.
``End-users'' are defined as those companies who own and operate the
facility where the demonstration will occur. In addition to end-user
participation, a project team may involve other partners including, but
not limited to, motor and drive manufacturers, original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs), distributors, utilities, energy service
companies, state energy offices, research institutions, etc. End-user
proposers are encouraged to include such participation. Other non-end
user entities are also encouraged to catalyze and support preliminary-
proposal submission by end-user project teams.
Industry Showcase Demonstration Project Team Obligations
Each proposing project team will themselves provide all the funding
to support necessary design, equipment specification, purchase, and
installation for the efficient electric motor systems to be
demonstrated, along with all the measurement equipment and
instrumentation to validate and substantiate all claims of performance
and benefits achieved. (A limited amount of supplementary measurement
equipment and instrumentation may be provided by DOE).
Teams will provide DOE with sufficient data to substantiate and
document the energy and environmental performance of the project and
the economic benefit/cost of the result. Additionally, teams will
provide appropriate information to DOE to allow for DOE contractors to
document a comprehensive case study and to perform an independent
performance validation. For activities within the Showcase
Demonstration, DOE will respect all proprietary interests to which
selected demonstration hosts are entitled. These activities will be
addressed in the previously referenced Agreement between DOE and the
project team.
Showcase Demonstration Team's Intellectual Property Rights
The Agreements to be signed by DOE and each MOTOR CHALLENGE
Showcase Demonstration project team does not envision a commitment by
the Participants to perform research and development. DOE's
intellectual property policies will not apply to Participant's
inventions because the work performed by the Participants in developing
the demonstration projects for the MOTOR CHALLENGE Showcase
Demonstrations are not wholly or partially funded by DOE. Therefore,
rights to intellectual property developed by Participants and
demonstrated at the MOTOR CHALLENGE Showcase Demonstrations will not
vest in the United States Government. Language to this effect will be
incorporated into any resulting Agreement.
Industry Sector Demonstrations of Interest
DOE will only consider proposals within the following industrial
sectors and standard industrial classifications (SICs):
(1) All manufacturing sectors within SICs 20 through 39;
(2) Agricultural production, crops and livestock (SICs 01 and 02);
(3) Mining operations--metals, coal, and nonmetallic minerals (SICs 10,
12, and 14);
(4) Oil and gas extraction and exploration (SIC 13);
(5) Gas production and distribution (SIC 492);
(6) Water supply (SIC 494);
(7) Sewage systems (SIC 4952);
(8) Irrigation systems (SIC 4971);
Preliminary-Proposal Submission Format
Preliminary-proposals are envisioned to be short (about 10 to 20
pages) narratives that set out the principal features of the intended
efficient motor system application. Only limited engineering effort is
anticipated to be expended for these preliminary-proposals. The
preliminary-proposal should include the following sections at a
minimum:
Section 1--Project Abstract
A brief abstract of the project should include:
(a) Project title
(b) Brief narrative describing the project (1 or 2 sentences);
(c) Proposing industrial end-user company;
(d) Management point of contact of end-user company (name, title,
address, phone, fax);
(e) Supporting team member companies and organizations;
(f) Facility name and location where the demonstration is proposed.
Section 2--Description of the Project
A description of the industrial application to include the kind of
efficient electric motor system [drive, motor, and load] the proposed
project is intended to address. Estimates of the energy, environmental,
and economic costs and benefits that might reasonably be expected to
result from an assumed successful demonstration [relative to the
present or conventional system], should be presented. Also,
extrapolated costs and benefits of the demonstrated system if it were
to be replicated in other similar applications, within the proposer's
corporate facilities should be estimated.
Section 3--Facility Description
A description of the facility where the demonstration will occur to
include:
(a) Geographic location;
(b) The type of product produced or service provided (SIC code, if
known);
(c) The approximate number of people employed at the facility;
(d) Approximate annual electricity costs.
(e) The approximate demographics of the motors and drives at the
facility (number, range of sizes, types of motors and drives, typical
driven load, etc.).
Section 4--Technical Approach of Demonstration
A description of the technical approach of how and where the
demonstration will be implemented within the facility should be
explained. The level of complexity of the project should be described.
Only technical information that supports the technical validity and the
likelihood of success of the demonstration project should be provided.
Also, a rough description of the technique and methodology to be
employed to measure and evaluate the performance of the demonstration
should be provided.
Section 5--Project Team Qualifications
The qualifications and role of each participating project team
member, company or organization should be described. A description of
key project personnel (project manager, engineering staff, consultants,
etc.) qualifications including relevant skills, work experience, and
education should be briefly summarized.
Section 6--Project Overall Estimated Cost and Resources
The overall project cost should be estimated along with the
approximate cost-share breakdown by all parties providing resources to
the project.
Section 7--Letter of Intent
Appropriate upper management within the industrial end-user company
must provide a letter of intent to support the demonstration project.
This letter will show evidence that the company upper management (e.g.,
Vice President, Engineering Director/Manager, Plant Manager, etc.) is
aware, endorses, and is supportive of the project at the proposed
facility, and the company will provide some level of resources to the
project, if selected.
Section 8--MOTOR CHALLENGE Application Forms
Each participating proposing Showcase Demonstration team member
company or organization must join the MOTOR CHALLENGE program by
submitting an appropriately completed application. Applications can be
obtained by calling the MOTOR CHALLENGE hotline number at 1-800-862-
2086. This section should contain all completed application forms.
Availability of Federal Funds
Approximately $2 million in FY 1995 of Federal funds is expected to
be available to support the activities, authorized pursuant to Section
2101 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, 42 U.S.C 13451, in support of
the Showcase Demonstrations. These Federal funds will be managed
through the DOE Office of Industrial Technologies' Electric Motor
Systems program. Subject to the availability of appropriated funds, up
to 25 proposals may be selected as Showcase Demonstrations in
accordance with the evaluation criteria stated below. All selected
Showcase Demonstration projects will receive no Federal financial
assistance, but will be provided technical assistance by DOE as
stipulated above.
Technical Evaluation Criteria and Review Process
Preliminary-proposals and final proposals will be reviewed and
technically evaluated by the Review Panel of DOE-selected experts. The
preliminary-proposal evaluation is to preliminarily accept a
comprehensive set of projects for which detailed engineering and final
proposals will be prepared as Showcase Demonstration projects. As
mentioned above, other technically-interesting preliminary-proposals
that are not selected as Showcase Demonstrations may be selected as
Case Study Briefs.
Preliminary-Proposal Technical Evaluation Criteria
All preliminary-proposals submitted in response to this notice will
be technically evaluated by four major categories as follows:
(Category 1) Overall technical merit. The overall technical merit
will consider such factors as:
(a) The technical description of the proposed Showcase
Demonstration project that supports the practicality and likelihood
that the project will achieve success and the benefits claimed;
(b) The description provided by the proposer as to how the
demonstration's performance will be measured. That is, the proposer
must illustrate that reliable and defendable performance measurement
techniques will be employed to ascertain the project's costs and
benefits.
(Category 2) Economic significance if the project were to be
successfully replicated within the company and throughout the United
States. Factors to be evaluated that will influence the ability of the
Showcase Demonstration to impact the market are:
(a) The estimated benefit/cost of the demonstration and some
indication of cost-effectiveness (e.g., life-cycle cost, payback,
internal return on investment) of the proposed electric motor and drive
system technologies to be employed. That is, the life-cycle cost
advantages of the technology to be demonstrated relative to
conventional technology or systems that would accomplish the same
process output, function, or duty;
(b) The qualitative level of productivity gain and non-energy cost
savings from the application;
(c) The comparative significance of estimated energy cost savings
were the demonstration to be replicated more broadly at the facility
and within the end-user's company. The opportunity for a demonstration
to be replicated in like processes, operations, and facilities, and the
order of magnitude of the energy cost savings;
(Category 3) Energy and environmental impact for the company. The
magnitude and technical basis of the energy resource conservation and
environmental benefits of the demonstration should be determined on a
qualitative basis by considering the impact on primary fuel consumption
and utilization at the source, even if off-site. (The emission
reductions should be estimated very roughly by showing the relative
types and relative amounts of fuels to be saved or used).
(Category 4) Qualifications of critical personnel on the project
team. The qualifications of key personnel on the project will be
evaluated in relation to their skills, work experience, and education
relative to the required work tasks to accomplish the proposed project.
Preliminary-Proposal Policy and Programmatic Factors and Applications
of Greater Interest
DOE will use policy and programmatic factors to select the
preliminary-proposals of greater interest. To attempt to ensure that a
broadly representative group of proposals are selected, DOE will seek
diversity in the Showcase Demonstrations selected by considering:
geographical location, application type, industry type, and facility
size (e.g., annual electricity costs) of the Showcase Demonstration.
DOE prefers proposals for projects that are no further along than
the engineering design stage. However, if a project is further along,
DOE will consider the project as a Showcase Demonstration candidate, if
a reliable and defendable methodology of establishing a performance
baseline of a conventional system is available. For example, if another
conventional system is currently operating, and a performance baseline
of the conventional operating system can be measured and reliably
compared to the demonstration project, then this would be acceptable to
DOE.
DOE has identified the following seven broad technical applications
as those in which it is most interested in receiving Showcase
Demonstration proposals:
(1) Applications where new efficient electric motor and drive
designs are creatively and cost-effectively integrated within specific
mechanical component systems (e.g., pumps, fans, compressors, etc.), or
processes so as to yield improved energy efficiency, productivity
improvement, and reduced life-cycle cost relative to typical
conventional operating systems.
(2) Applications where an efficient electric motor and drive system
replaces a less efficient heat-engine/mechanical drive system (e.g.,
steam turbine) to yield primary energy savings, productivity
improvement, and environmental improvement both at the facility and on
a global basis.
(3) New manufacturing production lines where state-of-the-art motor
and drive system utilization results in energy efficiency and
productivity improvement compared to similar conventional operations.
(4) Novel electric motor, drive, and mechanical system retrofits
that are more optimally matched to yield overall improved system energy
efficiency, reliability, and productivity improvement.
(5) Demonstration of exemplary electric motor and drive system
management policies and maintenance practices that result in higher
process reliability and gradual, but continual, overall energy
efficiency improvement. Topical areas of interest could be motor repair
and rewind techniques, electrical distribution improvement, and
mechanical system maintenance and optimization.
(6) Demonstrations that identify and implement the solution to
power quality problems, and by doing so, effectively increases total
system efficiency and productivity. Specifically, projects addressing
the impact of power quality on motor drives and other motor system
components which quantify the true cost/benefits of power quality
enhancement with respect to total motor system efficiency, reliability
and productivity.
(7) Implementation and retrofit of efficient motor and drive
systems on industrial heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC)
equipment or motor-driven industrial process heating or cooling
systems. These systems should be integrated creatively and cost-
effectively within an entire, or a portion of, an industrial facility
or process to yield improved energy efficiency, reduced life-cycle cost
in an environmentally-acceptable manner. [HVAC for industrial or
manufacturing facilities are only of interest, not HVAC for space
conditioning of an office or commercial facility].
Projects could involve a single unit of equipment, a unit
operation, a series of replicable equipment, an entire process, or an
entire facility. In general, proposals are desired which could lead to
demonstrably higher U.S. industrial productivity, energy efficiency,
environmental enhancement, and improved competitiveness once the
application is replicated on a widespread basis throughout the United
States. This listing is meant to be illustrative, not exclusive.
Final Proposal Technical Evaluation Criteria and Review Process
The final proposers will be encouraged to develop a fuller,
engineered/technical proposal. The final proposals then submitted will
reflect more detailed engineering, energy, environmental, and economic
assessment. While there is no set format for the final proposals as
yet, emphasis will be upon:
(1) The technical soundness and concise explanation of the proposal
and its benefits;
(2) A clear commitment from the proposing team to provide resources
for the project;
(3) The techniques and methodologies envisioned to measure and
validate the demonstration's performance;
(4) The quality of the management plan to reach and achieve the
stated goals of the project;
(5) The potential impact of the project to reduce market barriers
and accelerate the deployment of efficient electric motor systems.
The recommendations of the technical merit review will be provided
by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Experts Review Panel to
representatives of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Industrial
Technologies. Final selection will be made by the Assistant Secretary
for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Issued in Washington, DC on October 3, 1994.
Robert L. San Martin,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Utility Technologies.
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