Engineers verifying new testing procedures for connecting distributed energy resources to the power grid had little trouble creating real-world test conditions, thanks to equipment and expertise available at the FREEDM Systems Center. In fact, in their two days of work […]

The June 2016 issue of IEEE Electrification Magazine features a viewpoint article describing “The DC Revolution.” In this article, FREEDM researchers Dr. Ewan Pritchard and Dr. Srdjan Srdic along with Dan Gregory, CEO of Pos-En, outline the broad trends shaping […]

The most tense moment flying a solar powered plane is right at dawn. That’s when the batteries are at their lowest energy and you hope the meteorologists’ models are correct that you aren’t flying into a cloudy morning. Since the […]

Retired Lt. General Ken Eickmann of the US Air Force came to the Research Triangle with a warning: our electric grid today is at risk. As part of his presentation to a group hosted by the Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster […]

How can critical infrastructure be protected from external threats? That was the question asked by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, a US Department of Defense organization. To answer this question and identify existing installations for further study, Instant Access Networks […]

LORD Corporation, a member of the FREEDM Systems Center, recently hosted us for a tour of their lab facilities in Cary, NC. During the tour, we identified several areas for collaborative research. LORD plans to provide sample materials for evaluation […]

Search any list of the top science and technology regions in the country and you’re sure to find North Carolina’s Research Triangle at or near the top. The Triangle leads the nation in the growth of high-tech jobs and is […]

On NC State University’s ultramodern Centennial Campus, a startup company called GridBridge is helping electric utility companies adopt smart technologies that promise to revolutionize the energy business. It’s an exciting, if challenging, mission. “The utilities have to do a great […]

Duke Energy CEO, President and Vice Chairman Lynn Good announced today a $2.5 million grant to North Carolina State University to support research in renewable energy and efforts to attract and retain underrepresented groups in the university’s College of Engineering. […]

The takeaway from the FREEDM Systems Center’s annual industry conference might have more to do with astrophysics than power electronics. If you want to drill down into all the progress that the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center has made […]