- The IEPE supported student project won this year AAU Energy Sponsor Programme prize: 1.2 MW Wind Turbine Converter Test System for Emulation and Monitoring of Field Failures Caused by Static and Dynamic Stress Factors. You can read more about the students excellent and innovative work here
- Participated in PCIM2016 (Power conversion and Intelligent Motion) showing the new Triple Pulse Tester manufactured by the local DK company PowerCon - the tester is based on knowledge generated by IEPE project.
- Potential game changer in wind power converters underway - Converter Monitoring Unit technology. KK Wind Solution spin-out of knowledge generated by IEPE project.
- Five IEPE PhDs have graduated: Helong Li, Ghanshyamsinh Gohil, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Alexander Anton and Mickey Madsen. They are all occupied in new jobs and you can download their PhD theses at the IEPE website
- The IEPE partner company’s demonstrator hardware is well under way – and show great promise to fulfill the IEPE vision. Ideas are being matured and are moving up on the technology ladder. In the next period we will evaluate how the demonstrators have moved in the project period compared to the TRL (Technology Readiness Level). In addition – the future perspectives of the demonstrators.
- Vestas, Grundfos, Danfoss and KK Wind Solutions are leading the demonstrator’s. Universities and partners also co-works on building new hardware demonstrating GaN and SiC device performance and establishing package laboratorie. This work is described in the 136 papers published by the IEPE project – you can find all the IEPE publications at the website. The 136 publications is somewhat just a number, which is why we will go a step further and analyze the publications in the next period. We are interested in the overall trends, key numbers and collaboration level between university and industry.
- At AAU a new component package laboratory is being established in newly renovated facilities, the machines are currently getting installed, and SiC power modules are designed and built.
- We are proud of our cooperation across university and company boarders. We hope to capture the IEPE vision and deliver knowhow and new knowledge applied in intelligent efficient power electronic converters.
- Former IEPE DTU PhD student Mickey Madsen has managed to co-found a spin-off company with support from DTU and venture capital based on a good idea and a high number of rewards and research papers. Read more about Nordic Power Converters
- Outreach activities include activities by CEES and a future open workshop in Copenhagen giving an insight to our research and cooperation results between university and company. Please also look at the description of IEPE electronic presenting details on activities and our videos and other press material on the www.iepe.et.aau.dk site
Have a nice summer!