Power and Electrical Engineering

This topic covers issues related to energy generation, conversion, transportation and consumption and how the industry is addressing the challenge of energy efficiency in general.

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IMEC and AIXTRON set important step towards low-cost GaN power devices

IMEC and AIXTRON deposited, for the first time ever, crack-free AlGaN/GaN structures onto 200mm Si(111) wafers. The layers show good crystalline quality as…

Fraunhofer and MIT establish research center for renewable energy

The Americans are still the world champions in energy consumption, but global warming is causing people to change their way of thinking in the USA too. At…

Wind Farm May be on the Way for Sandia, Kirtland Air Force Base

The Labs’ Wind Energy Technology Department and the U.S. Department of Energy Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program have embarked on a project to determine…

Used Cooking Oil Converted Into Fuel For Vehicles

Raising concerns over global fuel price hikes have prompted USM students to explore fuel alternatives for vehicles. Through the innovation of 23-year-old Wan…

Researchers demonstrate ‘avalanche effect’ in solar cells

This physical effect could pave the way for cheap, high-output solar cells. The findings are to be published in scientific journal Nano Letters this week.Solar…

The very model of a modern transistor

Power transistors are used to control large electrical loads and are at the heart of the modern smart circuits used in all kinds of equipment from motor…

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