A new study using complex computational models finds that smart solid-state transformers (SSTs) could be used to make a stable, reliable “smart grid” – allowing the power distribution system to route renewable energy from homes and businesses into the power […]

FREEDM is partnering with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to host a one-day short course focused on distribution system modernization. This course is part of an educational library of short courses developed and offered by GridEd, an EPRI educational […]

FREEDM is offering a series of six seminars to inform our students about the overall mission and research at the Center. These will be offered every Wednesday from noon to 1 pm eastern US time. Recordings of each seminar will […]

Inside the Green Energy Hub at the FREEDM Systems Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, researchers ran into a problem while testing a prototype of an innovative battery charger that could charge electric vehicles more quickly. A resistor load bank that […]

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 […]

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 […]