Heron Power

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Sector: manufacturing-other
HQ: US
Stories: 32 on MGRID.org

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Stories about Heron Power (32)

Heron Power Picks Morgan Hill for a 40 GW Power Conversion Plant Backed by a $26.4 Million California Credit

August 18, 2026 · Megawatt Charging & Power Conversion

4 sources Heron Power will convert a 286,000-square-foot warehouse in Morgan Hill, California into its first factory, building 5 MW power conversion units at more than 40 GW a year.
Verse Raises $54 Million Series B

June 18, 2026 · Data Centers

4 sources Verse, a San Francisco startup backed by NVIDIA, raised $54 million to orchestrate on-site batteries and solar so AI data centers reach power years sooner without waiting on…
Solid-State Transformer Industry Reality Check: What Patents

May 27, 2026 · Analysis

10 sources A May 2026 audit found fewer than 10 commercially deployed SSTs in global revenue service, while dozens of announced projects remain years from deployment.
The MGRID Solid-State Transformer Coverage: A Comprehensive Index

May 27, 2026 · Analysis

Index of ~100 MGRID articles published May 2026 covering SST origins, manufacturers, deployments, federal programs, technology foundations, and applications.
The 1968 GE Patent That Founded Solid-State Transformer Technology

May 27, 2026 · Power Electronics

4 sources US Patent 3,517,300 filed at GE Schenectady in 1968 by William McMurray. Original motivation: 16.66 Hz European locomotive traction transformer weight reduction
Why the Iron-Core Transformer Has Outlasted Every Replacement

May 24, 2026 · Power Electronics

4 sources Iron-core transformer technology, unchanged since 1886, has outlasted every solid-state challenger by offering single-step voltage conversion with near-zero failure risk.
Why Single-Stage AC-AC Solid-State Transformers Are the Holy Grail —

May 23, 2026 · Harmonics (THD)

4 sources Single-stage AC-AC solid-state transformers remain lab-only; every commercial SST shipped in 2026 uses the two-stage AC-DC-AC topology instead.
ABB’s 2011 PETT on Swiss Federal Railways Was the First Solid-State Transformer in Revenue Rail Service

May 23, 2026 · News

3 sources ABB PETT pilot on SBB Ee 933 shunting locomotive, mid-2011 deployment. Swiss Federal Office for Transport certification end of 2011
The DC-Link Capacitor Supply Chain Under the Solid-State Transformer Industry: TDK, Vishay, KEMET, EPCOS, and the Metallized-Polypropylene-Film Bottleneck

May 13, 2026 · Analysis

4 sources TDK, Vishay, KEMET, and Cornell Dubilier supply the MPPF capacitors every SST requires. European manufacturing dominance creates a US deployment supply-chain bottleneck.
Solid-State Transformers Integrate Battery Storage Through Multiport Architectures: NREL’s Dispatch and Control Research

May 8, 2026 · Energy Storage

3 sources Multiport SST architectures couple BESS, PV, and grid via DC ports, cutting conversion stages and round-trip losses versus conventional AC-coupled storage installations.

Stories about Heron Power (32)

Heron Power Picks Morgan Hill for a 40 GW Power Conversion Plant Backed by a $26.4 Million California Credit

Verse Raises $54 Million Series B

Solid-State Transformer Industry Reality Check: What Patents

The MGRID Solid-State Transformer Coverage: A Comprehensive Index

The 1968 GE Patent That Founded Solid-State Transformer Technology

Why the Iron-Core Transformer Has Outlasted Every Replacement

Why Single-Stage AC-AC Solid-State Transformers Are the Holy Grail —

ABB’s 2011 PETT on Swiss Federal Railways Was the First Solid-State Transformer in Revenue Rail Service

The DC-Link Capacitor Supply Chain Under the Solid-State Transformer Industry: TDK, Vishay, KEMET, EPCOS, and the Metallized-Polypropylene-Film Bottleneck

Solid-State Transformers Integrate Battery Storage Through Multiport Architectures: NREL’s Dispatch and Control Research