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SiC MOSFET Enhances Stability Under Real Application Conditions

SiC MOSFET Enhances Stability Under Real Application Conditions

The recently launched 1200 V CoolSiC™ MOSFET M1H comes with a variety of new features and improvements from which the targeted applications will…


DOE Pours $3B into Transmission Lines, Energy Storage, and EVs

DOE Pours $3B into Transmission Lines, Energy Storage, and EVs

With its aggressive funding, the DOE will look to counter growing integration gridlock, ensure stability in the face of intermittent renewables,…


News May 23, 2022 by Shannon Cuthrell
Amperon Secures Funding For AI-enabled Electricity Demand Analytics

Amperon Secures Funding For AI-enabled Electricity Demand Analytics

Amperon announces a win of $7 million in Series A funding to bring its AI-powered electricity demand analytics to new markets.


News May 20, 2022 by Stephanie Leonida
How not to Manage Your Power Grid

How not to Manage Your Power Grid

Lebanon offers lessons to the rest of the world on how not to manage your power grid.


News May 19, 2022 by Ahmad Ezzeddine
The Impact of EVs on the Electric Grid

The Impact of EVs on the Electric Grid

With gas prices rising, electric vehicles are becoming more popular, but transportation decarbonization remains a major issue.


News May 14, 2022 by Harsha Korde
Dual Membrane Redox Flow Batteries for Grid-scale Storage

Dual Membrane Redox Flow Batteries for Grid-scale Storage

Researchers at Imperial College came up with a new redox flow battery design for low-cost, long-term energy storage solutions.


News May 13, 2022 by Darshil Patel
DOE Advances Funding to Boost Power Grid And EV Battery Supply Chain

DOE Advances Funding to Boost Power Grid And EV Battery Supply Chain

The Department of Energy announced billions in investment to modernize the power grid and build a domestic supply base for EV-critical materials,…


News May 10, 2022 by Shannon Cuthrell
Zenobē Kicks off Construction of Scotland’s First Transmission-Connected Battery

Zenobē Kicks off Construction of Scotland’s First Transmission-Connected Battery

Zenobē’s Wishaw-based battery project is forecast to remove 450,000 tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere and is expected to provide more affordable…


News May 06, 2022 by Stephanie Leonida
Simple Approach to Increase Output Power for Renewables and Motor Drives

Simple Approach to Increase Output Power for Renewables and Motor Drives

The SEMITRANS 20 meets the increasing power demands of converters for renewable and high power motor drive applications, requiring higher power…


Microchip’s New Time Server Boosts Synchronization, Grid Resiliency

Microchip’s New Time Server Boosts Synchronization, Grid Resiliency

The fresh device is a rugged, software-enabled solution providing enhanced levels of redundant and secure timing for power utility substations.


High-Efficiency TPV Cells for Grid-Scale Thermal Batteries

High-Efficiency TPV Cells for Grid-Scale Thermal Batteries

MIT and NREL researchers have developed a low-cost, grid-scale storage technology that uses thermophotovoltaic cells to convert heat to electricity.


News Apr 28, 2022 by Darshil Patel
National Grid ESO Deploys ML-based Inertia Forecasting

National Grid ESO Deploys ML-based Inertia Forecasting

Great Britain’s electricity network, National Grid ESO, has implemented a machine-learning-based forecasting system from GE Digital giving…


Largest of its Kind Wind Farm Kicks off Operations in Oklahoma

Largest of its Kind Wind Farm Kicks off Operations in Oklahoma

Oklahoma’s Traverse Wind Energy Center is the largest single wind farm built at one time in North America, and one of the largest facilities in…


News Apr 08, 2022 by Shannon Cuthrell
New York’s Future Grid Challenge Funds Projects Assessing Electrification Impact

New York’s Future Grid Challenge Funds Projects Assessing Electrification Impact

New York revealed the first round winners of its Future Grid Challenge, which aims to assess the impacts of increasing electrification on the…


News Apr 04, 2022 by Shannon Cuthrell
ABB Calls on “Digital Mavericks” to Join its Electrification Startup Challenge

ABB Calls on “Digital Mavericks” to Join its Electrification Startup Challenge

The Swiss-Swedish tech giant will award three companies $30,000 each to develop digital tools to enhance systems both at home and at scale.


News Mar 25, 2022 by Ian Hahn
Teledyne e2v HiRel Releases a 100 V Transistor Driver for 20 MHz FET and GaN Transistors

Teledyne e2v HiRel Releases a 100 V Transistor Driver for 20 MHz FET and GaN Transistors

The radiation-tolerant device is available in a space-saving flip chip die, and is aimed at driving the company’s 100 V gallium nitride (GaN)…


Improving Power Quality in the Petrochemical Industry

Improving Power Quality in the Petrochemical Industry

Various frequency converters for pumps and compressors are used in the petrochemical industry for extracting and producing oil and gas, which leads…


Accelerating the Digital Transformation for Today’s Smart World

Accelerating the Digital Transformation for Today’s Smart World

Global digital transformation is well underway, driven by artificial intelligence, a rapidly maturing 5G wireless network and Internet of Things…


Automotive Buck/Reverse-Boost Converter with GaN for Efficient 48 V Power Distribution

Automotive Buck/Reverse-Boost Converter with GaN for Efficient 48 V Power Distribution

Demonstrating the design of a bi-directional DC-DC converter for automotive 48 V power distribution, showing how GaN technology is a powerful…


Technology Predictions: 2022 Will See Innovation Adapt to Support Electrification and Drive Growth

Technology Predictions: 2022 Will See Innovation Adapt to Support Electrification and Drive Growth

Vicor Corporation released its industry predictions for 2022, covering 3 areas: Automotive, Hyperscale Computing, and Aerospace & Defense.


Technical Articles Feb 11, 2022 by Vicor