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NREL Crafts New Tools to Enhance Power Grid Cyber-Security

NREL Crafts New Tools to Enhance Power Grid Cyber-Security

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is developing tools to help keep the growing electric power grid safe from physical and…


Enel, Brenmiller Open Rock-based Energy Storage Facility in Italy

Enel, Brenmiller Open Rock-based Energy Storage Facility in Italy

The Enel Group has partnered with Brenmiller Energy to launch a thermal energy storage facility in Italy’s Tuscany region that stores energy in…


Startup Receives Funding for EV Fast-charging Storage Solution

Startup Receives Funding for EV Fast-charging Storage Solution

Electric Era, a Seattle, Washington-based startup, has received $4 million in funding for its PowerNode smart electric vehicle fast-charge energy…


Researchers Boost Lifetime of Lithium-Ion Battery Packs for EVs

Researchers Boost Lifetime of Lithium-Ion Battery Packs for EVs

Researchers from Stanford University found that charging lithium-ion batteries at different rates prolongs the lifetime of battery packs for…


Geothermal Plants Plus Mineral Extraction Equals Cheaper Energy

Geothermal Plants Plus Mineral Extraction Equals Cheaper Energy

New research from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) combines geothermal plants with mineral extraction to ensure lower energy production…


Airbus Zephyr Provides High-In-The-Sky Cellular Service

Airbus Zephyr Provides High-In-The-Sky Cellular Service

The Zephyr—an unmanned solar-powered high-altitude aircraft offered by Airbus—could replace more than 250 individual ground-based cell towers.


Dynamic Line Rating Technology Improves Grid Congestion

Dynamic Line Rating Technology Improves Grid Congestion

Transmission line performance depends on a variety of environmental factors.


Building Electric Vehicles in the US Won’t Be Easy

Building Electric Vehicles in the US Won’t Be Easy

The federal government is realizing that building EVs in the U.S. will be a challenge they better get started on.


Aeromine: An Elegantly Simple Rooftop Wind Energy Solution

Aeromine: An Elegantly Simple Rooftop Wind Energy Solution

Using aerodynamic first principles, a new type of rooftop wind energy generator matches solar power for industrial buildings.


Electrical Engineer Uses Imaging and AI Algorithms to Aid Elephant Conservation Efforts

Electrical Engineer Uses Imaging and AI Algorithms to Aid Elephant Conservation Efforts

To improve elephant conservation efforts, faculty from Tufts University has found success using drones, artificial intelligence, and thermal…


Engineering and Design Tools can Decrease Urban Heat Island Effects

Engineering and Design Tools can Decrease Urban Heat Island Effects

Higher temperatures and growth of cities have led to a worsening of urban heat island effects globally. Continued temperature rise will have…


Where Is the Best Place to Manufacture Electronics Products and Prototypes?

Where Is the Best Place to Manufacture Electronics Products and Prototypes?

The decision of where to manufacture electronics prototypes and products is no easy task. Find out what your options are here.


Gallium Nitride (GaN) Power ICs: Turning Academic Dreams into an Industry Reality

Gallium Nitride (GaN) Power ICs: Turning Academic Dreams into an Industry Reality

Gallium nitride (GaN) is the key enabler for high-frequency, and simultaneously high-efficiency topologies.


The Journey From One to a Million HiPaks

The Journey From One to a Million HiPaks

The history of the Swiss and Swedish companies that became ABB reflects the history of power electronics in both countries. In Switzerland, Charles…


Redefining Power Conversion

Redefining Power Conversion

Beyond just performance and cost improvement, the most significant opportunity for GaN technology to impact the power conversion market comes from…


tech insights May 11, 2020 by Alex Lidow
Materials Science Changes the Electronics World: An Interview with Dr. Andy Mackie of Indium Corporation

Materials Science Changes the Electronics World: An Interview with Dr. Andy Mackie of Indium Corporation

Dr. Andy Mackie, Senior Product Manager of Semiconductor and Advanced Assembly Materials at Indium Corporation talks about the company as a premier…


Finding Solutions in Silicon: An Interview with Richard Curtin of Silicon Catalyst

Finding Solutions in Silicon: An Interview with Richard Curtin of Silicon Catalyst

In this interview, EE Power editor Hailey Stewart spoke with Silicon Catalyst Managing Partner Richard Curtin about how silicon-based startup…


Innovative Power Capacitor Technologies Support SiC and GaN in DC Link

Innovative Power Capacitor Technologies Support SiC and GaN in DC Link

At its annual Technologies & Products Press Conference 2019 in Munich, TDK managers Dr. Lucia Cabo and Fernando Rodríguez presented film…


Artificial Intelligence in Power Electronics

Artificial Intelligence in Power Electronics

Next Generation of Magnetic Components As an electronics engineer, I don´t work for the earnings but for seeing the circuits working. In this…


Competing Integrated GaN and NonGaN Technologies in USB Wall Chargers

Competing Integrated GaN and NonGaN Technologies in USB Wall Chargers

GaN brings compelling advantages in terms of efficiency for wall chargers and other power supply products, but achieving these in a cost-effective…