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How To Choose a Charger for Your Li-ion Batteries—Maximizing Battery Life

How To Choose a Charger for Your Li-ion Batteries—Maximizing Battery Life

Choosing the correct method of charging your batteries is important in ensuring they perform optimally and last longer. Selecting the right charger…


Reports of Silicon’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

Reports of Silicon’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

Learn how a new MOSFET architecture stretches the performance of silicon power devices using a patented approach.


VPPs Are Growing, but Not Fast Enough for Demand

VPPs Are Growing, but Not Fast Enough for Demand

VPP deployments jumped 33% in 2024, but new capacity remains muted.


Field Failures in Power Modules—Potential Root Causes and How to Avoid Them

Field Failures in Power Modules—Potential Root Causes and How to Avoid Them

This article describes key factors in selecting and setting up power modules amid key factors such as harsh environments, field conditions,…


Briefs: Facing the Future With EV Charging, Solar Power, and More

Briefs: Facing the Future With EV Charging, Solar Power, and More

Tesla, Siemens, Honeywell, LS Electric, and a French microreactor manufacturer are planning for future energy needs.


News Oct 09, 2025 by Karen Hanson
Green Gravity Tests Energy Storage in Australian Mine Shaft

Green Gravity Tests Energy Storage in Australian Mine Shaft

Green Gravity and Wollongong Resources will launch the world’s first gravitational energy storage trial at the Russell Vale mine in New South…


News Oct 08, 2025 by Claire Turvill
Hadron Energy Set to Produce ‘Plug and Play’ Nuclear Energy

Hadron Energy Set to Produce ‘Plug and Play’ Nuclear Energy

In this interview, Hadron Energy CEO Samuel Gibson discusses nuclear micro modular reactors, AI data centers, and Hadron’s plans to take the…


News Oct 07, 2025 by Karen Hanson
Less Power Loss Through Optimized Design

Less Power Loss Through Optimized Design

Learn how Mersen analyzed the eco-balance of its passive components, finding that weight reduction can impact energy efficiency and sometimes have…


Briefs: Innovations Improve Hydrogen, Wind, EVs, and Batteries

Briefs: Innovations Improve Hydrogen, Wind, EVs, and Batteries

Polytec Energy, 24M Technologies, ZX Lidars, Landis+Gyr, and XCMG have advanced technologies for renewable energy, electric vehicles, and energy…


News Oct 02, 2025 by Karen Hanson
LTO Batteries for Peak Shaving in Mobile and Stationary Applications

LTO Batteries for Peak Shaving in Mobile and Stationary Applications

This article explains the battery requirements involved and highlights the unique characteristics of Lithium Titanium Oxide (LTO) batteries…


Briefs: Bigger Batteries, Faster Development, and a Stable Grid

Briefs: Bigger Batteries, Faster Development, and a Stable Grid

OmniOn Power, Onsemi, About:Energy, EFT Mobility, BYD, and Hitachi are advancing their products and services with leadership changes, partnerships,…


News Sep 25, 2025 by Karen Hanson
It’s More Than Tech: Five Steps to Building a Self-Healing Grid

It’s More Than Tech: Five Steps to Building a Self-Healing Grid

A self-healing grid requires more than advanced technology. Consider five strategy shifts underlying a more resilient grid.


Using Low-Voltage Devices in High-Voltage Server Power Supplies—Part 3

Using Low-Voltage Devices in High-Voltage Server Power Supplies—Part 3

In this third and last part of the series we delve into the Isolated DC-DC converter that follows the PFC.


Next-Gen SiC MOSFET and Si RC-IGBT Tech Meets E-Mobility Needs

Next-Gen SiC MOSFET and Si RC-IGBT Tech Meets E-Mobility Needs

Learn how Mitsubishi’s in-house designed & developed efficient semiconductor bare-dies (SiC MOSFET & Si RC-IGBT) and compact…


Introducing the Loss Cost Factor: A New Benchmark for Magnetic Material Selection

Introducing the Loss Cost Factor: A New Benchmark for Magnetic Material Selection

In this article, we introduce a figure of merit called the Loss Cost Factor (LCF), which integrates technical performance and cost factors of…


Take Our 2025 EETech Engineering Insights Survey

Take Our 2025 EETech Engineering Insights Survey

Join your engineering community peers and take our EETech Engineering Insights Survey 2025. You’ll get a summary of the results once they’re…


News Sep 05, 2025 by Jeff Child, EEPower
PFC Control Methods Overview

PFC Control Methods Overview

Power factor correction (PFC) is needed for AC-DC power supplies with input power greater than 75 W. This article offers an overview of the most…


Unlocking the Potential of SiC MOSFETs With Front-Side Copper Metallization

Unlocking the Potential of SiC MOSFETs With Front-Side Copper Metallization

Learn how front-side copper metallization (FSM) is unlocking the full potential of Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFETs, especially as devices shrink in…


Grid-Scale Energy Storage Projects Heat Up Globally

Grid-Scale Energy Storage Projects Heat Up Globally

Quidnet Energy, ENBW, and Peak Energy have energy storage projects in the works in the U.S. and Europe.


News Aug 21, 2025 by Shannon Cuthrell
Texas Trouble: Energy Needs Outpace Grid Improvements

Texas Trouble: Energy Needs Outpace Grid Improvements

Texas won’t have enough electricity to meet demand unless it adds more grid infrastructure and upgrades power plants, a University of Houston…