Solid-State Transformer Industry Reality Check: What Patents
10 sources A May 2026 audit found fewer than 10 commercially deployed SSTs in global revenue service, while dozens of Read More
Power quality compliance and grid reliability: harmonics, THD, power factor, voltage regulation, reactive power, IEEE 519, NERC CIP standards, and measurement instruments.
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 All commercial medium-voltage SSTs use SiC MOSFETs for 650 V–6.5 kV input stages. GaN is limited to Read More
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 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 Wolfspeed Mohawk Valley fab (Marcy NY) opened April 2022, world's first 200mm-only SiC device fab. Mohawk Valley Read More
3 sources Wood Mackenzie Q2 2025 survey: 128-week lead times for power transformers, 144 weeks for GSUs. 2025 supply deficits: ~30% for Read More
3 sources SST cost-per-kVA today: 2-4x iron-core transformer equivalent rating. PV inverter historical decline: $0.80/W (2010) → $0.07/W (2025), 91% decline Read More