Title
Next generation very large press-pack IGBT

CoPED ID
a678934d-0ffd-4f10-a4e1-39d44e997782

Status
Closed


Value
£2,999,675

Start Date
Dec. 1, 2013

End Date
May 31, 2016

Description

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Power electronics is the extension of solid-state electronics away from handling communications and data and into the business of handling electric power up to gigawatts with reduced losses of energy; it is an enabling technology for the low-carbon economy. This project brings together a university, a manufacturer of high power semiconductors and an electric grid end-user, who are world-leading in their fields and all based in the UK, to develop the next generation of higher power rated electronic devices to enable this to happen. This is a major opportunity for the UK in securing our own grid and helping implement our commitment to renewable energy, particularly connecting offshore wind turbines to the grid and is also a major export opportunity, particularly to the developing economies that do not have this indigenous technology. It will secure and potentially increase employment in the UK, in what is a major opportunity and growing market and will increase skills in an area of business where there is a shortage of skills that is hampering business ability to grow to the benefit of the economy and society in general.

Phil Townsend PM_PER

Subjects by relevance
  1. Renewable energy sources
  2. Enterprises
  3. Economy
  4. Power electronics
  5. Energy technology
  6. Energy economy
  7. Business
  8. Wind energy

Extracted key phrases
  1. Power electronic
  2. High power semiconductor
  3. State electronic
  4. Electronic device
  5. Electric grid end
  6. Major export opportunity
  7. Pack IGBT
  8. Large press
  9. Generation
  10. Major opportunity
  11. Business ability
  12. Carbon economy
  13. UK
  14. Renewable energy
  15. Indigenous technology

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UKRI project entry

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