Power electronics innovation: solid-state transformers, medium-voltage switchgear, SiC and GaN power semiconductors, megawatt charging power stages, and MV converter deployments.
4 sources Powell Industries booked a data center order topping $400 million on May 5, 2026, the largest in company history, Read More
3 sources Conventional iron-core transformers have no cyber attack surface; SSTs introduce a software + network control plane. Attack Read More
4 sources Three dominant simulation tools: PSCAD/EMTDC (EMT), RTDS (real-time hardware-in-loop), MATLAB Simulink (control algorithms). PSCAD model Read More
4 sources Virginia Tech CPES annual research expenditures $6-7M across power-electronics scope. 400 kW SST extremely fast EV Read More
4 sources ETH Zurich Power Electronic Systems Lab led 2001-2024 by Prof. Johann Kolar (Emeritus 08/2024). Two 15 kW demonstrators: Read More
4 sources EPRI managing program with 6 US utilities: Xcel, ConEdison, AEP, Southern Company, SCE, NYPA. Solid State Power Read More
4 sources Qinghai Province 110 kV SST commissioned 2019 by China Electric Power Research Institute for wind integration. Wujiang MVDC/Read More
4 sources Vacuumschmelze (Hanau Germany) ships VITROPERM; Hitachi Metals/Proterial (Tokyo) ships FINEMET; both since 1992. Nanocrystalline core loss: <10 Read More
4 sources HVDC VSC: hundreds of kilovolts DC, gigawatt-scale, substation-size, 30-50 year service life. SST: 4-35 kV MV, Read More
3 sources VDC: NVIDIA AI Factory + OCP Mount Diablo (Microsoft+Meta+Google 2025) — data center standard. 1500 VDC: utility-scale solar Read More