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Compressed Air Storage: The Energy Transition’s Missing Piece

Compressed Air Storage: The Energy Transition’s Missing Piece

Compressed air energy storage can provide efficient, long-duration grid power using caverns underground, without burning fossil fuels.


Implementing Effective Hot Swap Protection for AI Datacenters

Implementing Effective Hot Swap Protection for AI Datacenters

This article discusses how to protect the hot swap stage in high-density AI datacenters by coordinating inrush current sensing, overvoltage…


A Simple, Effective Way to Suppress Voltage Spikes in Flyback Converters

A Simple, Effective Way to Suppress Voltage Spikes in Flyback Converters

Learn how to reduce voltage spikes in flyback converters using a low-cost, easy-to-implement clamping controller that improves efficiency and EMI…


Integrating Maintenance Data for Better Electrical Asset Reliability

Integrating Maintenance Data for Better Electrical Asset Reliability

This article shows how integrating maintenance data with modern bolt-on solutions improves electrical asset reliability and overcomes current…


Why Lithium-Ion Batteries Last Longer at 20–80% State of Charge

Why Lithium-Ion Batteries Last Longer at 20–80% State of Charge

Explore the electrochemistry behind optimal charging habits and learn how avoiding extreme energy levels minimizes chemical stress and…


Capacitors: Indispensable Building Block of Electrification

Capacitors: Indispensable Building Block of Electrification

As inverter-based resources replace spinning generation, capacitors are becoming a critical tool for maintaining grid stability.


Thermomechanical Wear-Out in GaN Devices: A Focus on CSP and PQFN Packaging

Thermomechanical Wear-Out in GaN Devices: A Focus on CSP and PQFN Packaging

GaN power devices offer high efficiency, but reliability is now a package-level challenge. CTE mismatch causes solder-joint cracking, which EPC…


When the Grid Becomes Software

When the Grid Becomes Software

How utilities can avoid the telecom industry’s historical virtualization mistakes to successfully build a software-orchestrated, resilient energy…


 Securing and Scaling a Connected Grid: Communications Architecture

Securing and Scaling a Connected Grid: Communications Architecture

Modernizing the grid into a distributed, data-driven system requires secure and flexible communication networks to handle the growing complexity of…


After the Flight: Why Drone Inspection Is Only Half the Job

After the Flight: Why Drone Inspection Is Only Half the Job

Maximizing the value of aerial PV inspections requires integrating thermal data into structured post-flight workflows, data prioritization, and…


DC-Link Capacitors: The Component That Will Make or Break AI Power

DC-Link Capacitors: The Component That Will Make or Break AI Power

Discover why next-gen film technology is crucial to meeting modern efficiency and reliability targets for 800 VDC AI data centers.


Reengineering Silicon Power Devices for High-Efficiency Conversion

Reengineering Silicon Power Devices for High-Efficiency Conversion

Reengineering silicon power devices with new architectures overcomes material limits to achieve significantly higher efficiency and power density.


Analysis of Rad-Hard GaN Half-Bridge Power Stages for High-Rel Buck Converters

Analysis of Rad-Hard GaN Half-Bridge Power Stages for High-Rel Buck Converters

In this article, we analyze how monolithic GaN solutions and driver optimization maximize efficiency and power density in high-reliability space…


Why Fragmented Intelligence Undermines Grid Reliability

Why Fragmented Intelligence Undermines Grid Reliability

Relying on periodic snapshots for transformer health leads to costly failures, but continuous, real-time hydrogen monitoring can avoid them.


Powering the Energy Transition: Why Transformer Insulation and Sealing Matter

Powering the Energy Transition: Why Transformer Insulation and Sealing Matter

Learn the engineering challenges of ensuring transformer resilience and managing the shift to new ester and silicone oils with advanced, PFAS-free…


GaN Goes Power Mainstream—Insights from EPC’s Nick Cataldo at APEC 2026

GaN Goes Power Mainstream—Insights from EPC’s Nick Cataldo at APEC 2026

GaN is going mainstream in power electronics for AI, robotics, and cars. At APEC 2026, EPC's Nick Cataldo discusses GaN system-level value and…


Understand the Benefits of High-Voltage Super Junction MOSFET Technology

Understand the Benefits of High-Voltage Super Junction MOSFET Technology

As the demand for high-efficiency energy systems grows, high-voltage super junction MOSFET technology has become a cornerstone for next-generation…


Rearchitecting Data Center Power for AI with Solid-State Transformers

Rearchitecting Data Center Power for AI with Solid-State Transformers

As AI workloads push data centers into megawatt-scale per rack density, conventional low-voltage power architectures are reaching architectural…


Rad-Hard GaN MOSFETs Beat Silicon Alternatives for Satellite Designs

Rad-Hard GaN MOSFETs Beat Silicon Alternatives for Satellite Designs

Learn how rad-hard GaN FETs surpass silicon in satellite power systems. They offer superior SWaP, higher efficiency, and radiation immunity for…


Orchestrating White and Gray Space to Maximize AI Compute

Orchestrating White and Gray Space to Maximize AI Compute

Existing data centers must coordinate white space and gray space, including cooling and power, into a single, converged system to maximize AI…