# Electrical loss reduction: Overview

Shaving the hidden losses in wires, transformers and motors

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_electrical_recovery/overview/

What this tile covers Cutting and reusing losses in electrical equipment.

#### Key facts

| **Waste energy** | Electrical losses |
|---|---|

#### Included from the reference tables

- Power factor correction and harmonic filters
- Transformer and motor-loss heat recovery
- Regenerative and bidirectional inverters

#### Also in Shared heat and everyday recovery
[MVR Industrial heat pumps and vapour recompression](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_industrial_hp/)[Shr Shared and district heat reuse](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_shared_heat/)[HRV Building heat recovery](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_building_recovery/)

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 More on this tile in the tabs above: science and thermodynamics, engineering and integration, economics and contracts, impact and additionality, what to track.

## Other sections

- [Summary](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_electrical_recovery/index.md)
- [Correlation](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_electrical_recovery/correlation/index.md)
- [Science and thermodynamics](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_electrical_recovery/rc-sci/index.md)
- [Engineering and integration](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_electrical_recovery/rc-eng/index.md)
- [Economics and contracts](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_electrical_recovery/rc-econ/index.md)
- [Impact and additionality](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_electrical_recovery/rc-impact/index.md)
- [What to track](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_electrical_recovery/tracking/index.md)
- [Relationships](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_electrical_recovery/links/index.md)