Power electronics innovation: solid-state transformers, medium-voltage switchgear, SiC and GaN power semiconductors, megawatt charging power stages, and MV converter deployments.
5 sources Eaton's $86M Resilient Power acquisition in Aug 2025 reshaped the SST patent landscape. ABB, Hitachi Energy, and Read More
4 sources TDK, Vishay, KEMET, and Cornell Dubilier supply the MPPF capacitors every SST requires. European manufacturing dominance Read More
4 sources Federal Pacific said its contract to supply medium-voltage switchgear for a Bloom Energy AI data center Read More
4 sources ARPA-E, DOE Office of Electricity, and NSF FREEDM funded the R&D behind every commercial US Read More
4 sources DC electric arc furnaces, chlor-alkali plants, and hydrogen electrolysers are the largest and least-covered SST market Read More
4 sources MPPF capacitors and SiC devices in SSTs need specialized processing to recycle -- a gap that Read More
3 sources Multiport SST architectures couple BESS, PV, and grid via DC ports, cutting conversion stages and round-trip Read More
4 sources Grid-forming SSTs using virtual synchronous machine control provide inertia and voltage support that grid-following inverters lack Read More
4 sources Conventional offshore wind chain: turbine iron-core + inter-array AC + offshore substation + HVAC/HVDC to shore, 4-8% losses. Read More
4 sources Conventional islanding requires separate switchgear + controller cabinet + protective relaying coordination. SST input AC-DC converter can disconnect Read More