Power electronics innovation: solid-state transformers, medium-voltage switchgear, SiC and GaN power semiconductors, megawatt charging power stages, and MV converter deployments.
5 sources NC State, the New York Power Authority and EPRI put a 1 MW solid-state transformer on a Read More
4 sources Heron Power will convert a 286,000-square-foot warehouse in Morgan Hill, California into its first factory, building 5 Read More
3 sources Alderbuck Energy will deploy its Nexus Power Unit, a medium-voltage solid-state transformer running a 12 kV AC-to-800 Read More
10 sources A May 2026 audit found fewer than 10 commercially deployed SSTs in global revenue service, while dozens of Read More
Index of ~100 MGRID articles published May 2026 covering SST origins, manufacturers, deployments, federal programs, technology foundations, and applications.Read More
4 sources US Patent 3,517,300 filed at GE Schenectady in 1968 by William McMurray. Original motivation: 16.66 Hz European locomotive traction Read More
4 sources NSF Generation-III Engineering Research Center launched 2008 at NCSU. Y10 SST program led by Dr. Subhashish Bhattacharya Read More
2 sources Microchip launched 3.3 kV HV-D3 mSiC power modules (100-300 A, 62 mm) designed to halve device count in Read More
4 sources IEEE 519-2022 sets 5% voltage THD limit at utility-customer interface. Conventional MW chargers routinely exceed 5% THD and Read More
4 sources Iron-core transformer technology, unchanged since 1886, has outlasted every solid-state challenger by offering single-step voltage conversion with Read More