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PROJECTED ENERGY SAVINGS USING Metglas®AMDTs

In the year 2004, it was estimated that total savings for the regions listed would amount to 81 TWh of core loss reduction per year, or the equivalent of US $6.1 billion dollars annually. The reduction in theproduction of CO2, a major contributor to global warming, would be 51 million tons yearly.

 

Region/
Country
Electricity
Consumption
2004
(TWh)1
Distribution
Transformer
Core Losses
2004
(TWh)2
Distribution
Transformer
Core Losses
Year 2000
(TWh)
Potential Annual
Savings with
AMDTs
Year 2004
(TWh)3
Potential Annual
Savings with
AMDTs**
Year 2000
(in millions, US$)
USA
3974
33.8
27.0
2027
16.6
EU25
2982
25.3
20.3
1521
10.5
China
2080
17.7
14.1
1061
12.3
Japan
974
8.3
6.6
497
3.5
Russia
882
7.5
6.0
450
4.2
India
631
5.4
4.3
322
3.8
Brazil
381
3.2
2.6
194
0.2
1EnergyInformation Agency-International Energy Outlook 2004
2SEEDT Report EIE-05-056 and Metglas estimates
3Based on Metglas experience
4$0.075/kwhr Energy costs
5Based on percentage and efficiency of thermal generation

 

 

 
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