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ARPA-E awards $35M to 12 new projects to support medium-voltage devices for grid, industry and transportation

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Medium-voltage DC circuit breakers could enable significant improvements in the United States’ electrical system, transforming how electricity is delivered and managed across the entire power grid, as well as critical applications in industry, transportation, and resource production.

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ARPA-E awards $30M to 21 projects advance new class of high-performance power converters

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If successful, the project team will drastically reduce the power consumption of a digital integrated circuit while also enabling a much smaller form factor and lower cost solution. Grid-Connected Modular Soft-Switching Solid State Transformers. Power Conversion Through Novel Current Source Matrix Converter (MxC).

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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deliver high power to a car or truck. Non-strategic Elements having Secure Supply Chains A Virginia Commonwealth University led team will. Concentrating Solar Power/Nuclear: High Efficiency Solar Electric Conversion Power Tower Abengoa Solar will develop a high efficiency solar-electric. power grid.

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IEEE Celebrates Engineering Brilliance

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IEEE MEDAL IN POWER ENGINEERING Sponsors: The IEEE Industry Applications , Industrial Electronics , Power Electronics , and Power & Energy societies DEEPAK DIVAN Georgia Tech “For contributions to advanced power conversion technologies for modern electric power grids.”

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