[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 29, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61444-61447]
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[FR Doc No: 95-29020]
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Part VI
Department of Energy
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Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
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Motor Challenge Showcase Demonstration Projects; Notice
Federal Register: / Vol. 60, No. 229 / Wednesday, November 29, 1995 /
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Motor Challenge Showcase Demonstration Projects
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 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
specific industrial 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. Currently twenty-one Showcases
are underway, and DOE intends to build upon the initial set of
Showcases by now focusing on process industries.
DATES: Proposals may be submitted between the receipt of this notice
and March 31, 1996. 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. Proposals which
do not meet the deadline will be considered late applications and may
not be considered. Acceptance will be done on a rolling basis. Within
four weeks of submittal, submitters will be notified regarding
acceptance, rejection, or a request for further information and/or
clarification. 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, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Showcase proposals should be submitted to: Mr. Andrew J.
Szady, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2009, 9102-1, Oak Ridge,
TN 37831-8038, 423-576-0243, Fax 423 576-0493. If there are any
questions concerning Showcase proposals please call the above Motor
Challenge Program contact. For additional information on the MOTOR
CHALLENGE Partnership, or to obtain application forms for the
Partnership, 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 industrial
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.
Specific Aim of This Request
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. On October
7, 1994 DOE issued a request for Showcase proposals, and on May 23,
1995 twenty-one Showcases were selected and announced. These Showcases
are currently underway. This current request is for additional Showcase
Demonstrations (approximately 10) primarily directed at the following
industries:
(1) Paper and Allied Products
(2) Steel
(3) Chemical
(4) Glass
(5) Aluminum
(6) Refining
(7) Metal Casting
(8) Food Processing
(9) Textiles
(10) Federal Operating/Production Facilities
Additional industries will be considered if, in the judgment of
DOE, the Showcase demonstrates energy and environmental savings
consistent with the tenets of the Motor Challenge Program, and the
industry is currently not represented in a Showcase.
As one condition of proposing to be a Showcase Demonstration, DOE
requires that each company, organization, and/or agency of a proposing
team, be a member of the MOTOR CHALLENGE Partnership by submitting an
appropriately completed application. (The availability of application
forms is discussed in the ADDRESSES section above).
Benefits of Industry Participation
Industry will receive many benefits by 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
is supporting 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.). The Showcase teams will have the opportunity to provide input to
DOE to ensure that the tools, materials, and procedures developed,
appropriately meet industry's design and decision-making needs and
requirements.
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(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 an Independent Performance
Validation report will be completed.
(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 the Oak Ridge National Lab,
DOE has assembled an Experts Group of consultants on electric motor
system optimization, specializing in high efficiency motors, variable
speed drives, fans, blowers, and pumps. 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. The first workshop for
the Showcases currently underway was held on June 27 and 28, 1995.
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 ``end-users'' are eligible to submit project
proposals. ``End-users'' are defined as those companies who own and
operate the facility where the demonstration will take place. 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
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.
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
perform an independent performance validation report and to prepare a
comprehensive case study document. 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 by the MOTOR CHALLENGE Showcase Demonstrations will not
vest in the United States Government. Language to this effect will be
incorporated into any resulting Agreement.
Proposal Submission Format
The proposals must 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 and technical point of contact of end-user company
(name, title, address, phone, fax);
(e) Supporting team member companies, organizations, and points of
contact (title, address, phone, fax);
(f) Facility name and location where the demonstration is proposed.
Section 2--Description of the Project
(This section should take no more than two pages) 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 it to be replicated in
other similar applications, within the proposer's corporate facilities
should be estimated.
A description of the technical approach of how and where the
demonstration will be implemented within the facility should be
explained. Also, a description of the technique and methodology to be
employed to measure and evaluate the performance of the demonstration
should be provided.
The overall project cost should be estimated along with the
approximate cost-share breakdown by all parties providing resources to
the project. A project schedule should be included which addresses the
following items:
(a) Procurement
(b) Installation
(c) Start-up
(d) Data acquisition
(e) Final reporting
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Section 3--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 the necessary resources to the
project, if selected.
Section 4--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 1-800-862-2086.
This section should contain all completed application forms.
Availability of Federal Funds
Approximately $1.5 million in FY 1996 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' Motor
Challenge program. Subject to the availability of appropriated funds,
up to 10 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
Proposals will be reviewed and technically evaluated by staff
members of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Proposal Technical Evaluation Criteria
All proposals submitted in response to this notice will be
technically evaluated by two major categories as follows:
Category (1) Overall technical merit. The overall technical merit
will consider such factors as the practicality and likelihood that the
project will achieve success and the benefits claimed; and reliable and
defensible 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: the estimated cost-
effectiveness of the demonstration, the qualitative level of
productivity gain and non-energy cost savings from the application, and
the comparative significance of estimated energy cost savings if the
demonstration were to be replicated more broadly at the facility and
within the end-user's company.
Proposal Policy and Programmatic Factors and Applications of Greater
Interest
DOE will use policy and programmatic factors to select the
proposals of greatest 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 defensible 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 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 Selection
The recommendations of the technical merit review will be provided
by Oak Ridge National Laboratory to
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representatives of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Industrial
Technologies. Final selection will be made by the Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Industrial Technologies.
Issued in Washington, DC on November 20, 1995.
Denise Swink,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Industrial Technologies.
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