Industry and Partners
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July 6, 2022
FREEDM welcomes new members FlexGen and Resilient Power
FREEDM is proud to announce our two newest Industry Members. FlexGen, headquartered in Durham, NC, designs storage solutions and energy management software for utility scale projects that integrate traditional and renewable generation. Resilient Power streamlines EV infrastructure installation with their […]
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April 22, 2022
Iqbal Husain interview on Making the Move to Electric Mining Infrastructure
Dr. Husain is making the news in Australia. He’s at Curtin University in Perth as a Fullbright Scholar for a few months and working on charging solutions for really big EVs.
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January 11, 2022
FREEDM to demonstrate technology from Gismo Power
As a Silver Connector for the American Made Challenge, FREEDM supported several teams for the Solar Prize Round 5 including Gismo Power who was named a semifinalist for the hardware track with their portable solar carport with integrated EV charger. The American-Made […]
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December 9, 2021
FREEDM wins 2021 RTCC Cleantech Research Innovation Award for XFC Project
The FREEDM Systems Center at North Carolina State University is building the next generation of electric vehicle fast charger. With funding from the US Department of Energy and in partnership with ABB and the New York Power Authority, a FREEDM […]
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August 16, 2021
DOE Awards Funding to UNIFI Consortium that Includes FREEDM Leadership
The FREEDM Systems Center at NC State University, in conjunction with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the University of Washington and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), was recently awarded $25 Million from the Department of Energy (DOE) Solar […]
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July 28, 2021
How a game of Telephone helped keep the lights on in Sierra Leone
Nicole Poindexter needed help. Her company, Energicity, is a not-for-profit that develops mini-grids for communities in Africa. Their expansion into Sierra Leone meant more growth and greater impact but also presented a need to reduce costs. Energicity deploys small scale […]
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July 21, 2021
WATER BROS Competes in American Made Challenge
Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte have joined with industry partners to develop the Wave Actuated, Tethered, Emergency Response, Buoyant Reverse Osmosis System (WATER BROS). Their company, Water Bros Desalination LLC, founded […]
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June 29, 2021
Tech Webinar Recap: FREEDM Tech Webinar: FPGA Implementation for Rapid Prototyping of High-Performance Voltage Source Inverters
June 29, 2021 Presented by Yukun Luo, Ph.D. & NC State University Doctoral Graduate FPGA is a powerful platform that can play an essential role in the high-performance digital control of power electronics systems. However, the FPGA system’s design is […]
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March 1, 2021
Facebook joins FREEDM
FREEDM is proud to announce that Facebook, Inc., has joined the Center as a Full Member. Everyone knows Facebook as a social media giant but not many know that they design and operate their own data centers. “Facebook is constantly […]
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February 18, 2021
Henkel and FREEDM Enter Research Partnership
Henkel Corporation and FREEDM Systems Engineering Research Center today announced a new partnership agreement designed to study the impact of materials technology on power electronics applications. Henkel, well-known for its global presence in the chemical and consumer goods industries, has […]