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New Stainless Steel Premium-Efficiency Washdown Super-E® Motors are now available from Baldor, Fort Smith, Arkansas-based manufacturer of motors, drives and generators. The new SSE™ Stainless Super-E motors are available from 1/2 HP through 10 HP.

Baldor Pow’R Lite Mobile Light Towers provide 4,000 watts of illumination. They are powered by a 6,000-watt generator, utilize a 30’ zinc-plated mast and provide light for over seven acres.

Diesel engines from Kubota and Lombardini are water-cooled for long life and dependability. Both models have a 30-gallon fuel tank, a 60-hour running time, and metal-halide lamps in an elliptical lamp fixture.

Wisconsin has a new motor incentive program which pays cash to distributors that sell energy efficient motors. The are rated by horsepower range with rebates from $2 to $5 per horsepower. The ranges are: 1-5 hp: $5/hp; 7.5 - 25 hp: $4/hp; 30 - 75 hp: $3/hp; 100 - 200 hp: $2/hp.

Drives for HVAC and pool pumping applications sized at less than 100hp will be incented at $30/hp. Custom incentive dollars may be available for other drive applications through the four Sectors: Agriculture, Commercial, Industrial and Schools & Government. I know that the Ag Sector has drive incentives in their Milking Parlor program.

Prescriptive incentives for motors and drives can be paid to the distributor or directly to the customer. Custom incentives are paid to the customer unless the customer specifically requests that the Ally (contractor, distributor, etc) be paid.

See the previous article for other regional incentives.

The U.S. DOE and the Alliance to Save Energy have teamed together to provide industrial plant managers information to support their energy management responsibilities.

Many gas and electric...