12.19.22
The European collaboration project Power2Power has been successfully completed. Over the past three years, 43 partners from industry and research jointly developed novel power semiconductors with higher power density and energy efficiency.
Power semiconductors are necessary in all stages of energy conversion: in generation, transmission and use of electrical current. More efficient semiconductors make a significant contribution to reducing carbon dioxide emissions in spite of rising global energy demand.
Universities, research institutes, small and medium-sized enterprises and international corporations participated in this project, which was coordinated by Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH & Co. KG.
“Climate change is the great challenge of our time,” said Constanze Hufenbecher, Infineon Technologies AG Management Board member and chief digital transformation officer. “Decarbonization is the only way to limit global warming and preserve the livelihood of future generations. We have to transform our energy system along the entire energy chain if we are to achieve global climate targets.”
The collaborative project's strong partnerships and investments in innovation made a strong contribution to creating and securing highly qualified jobs and consequently to support the German Federal Government’s High-Tech Strategy 2025.
Power2Power achieved significantly improved power semiconductor solutions for high voltages. These silicon-based IGBT solutions are also characterized by reliability and robustness, which are especially important in transport and (heavy) industrial applications, for example in battery systems and chargers for electric vehicles and high-speed drives, in power supply solutions for welding technology and for renewable energy storage in the grid.
In the area of electro-mobility in particular, solutions developed by the Power2Power consortium enable a significant reduction in energy consumption and energy conversion with efficiencies of over 98 percent for converters and drive trains in electric vehicles. The project's results have also successfully shown that the lifetime of electric vehicle chargers can be extended by 1.5 times, and that the cost of inverters for trains can be reduced by 30 percent.
The European Union funded the collaboration as part of the ECSEL program (Electronic Components and Systems for European Leadership). In the meantime, the new Key Digital Technologies (KDT) Joint Undertaking has taken over the ongoing activities of the ECSEL program.
The volume of the Power2Power project totaled €74 million. In the next project, PowerizeD, which will start as early as January, a consortium of 62 partners will work on the digitalization of power electronics applications within key technology value chains. Coordinated by Infineon, collaboration among European regions and supply chain partners will again play a central role in this project.
Power semiconductors are necessary in all stages of energy conversion: in generation, transmission and use of electrical current. More efficient semiconductors make a significant contribution to reducing carbon dioxide emissions in spite of rising global energy demand.
Universities, research institutes, small and medium-sized enterprises and international corporations participated in this project, which was coordinated by Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH & Co. KG.
“Climate change is the great challenge of our time,” said Constanze Hufenbecher, Infineon Technologies AG Management Board member and chief digital transformation officer. “Decarbonization is the only way to limit global warming and preserve the livelihood of future generations. We have to transform our energy system along the entire energy chain if we are to achieve global climate targets.”
The collaborative project's strong partnerships and investments in innovation made a strong contribution to creating and securing highly qualified jobs and consequently to support the German Federal Government’s High-Tech Strategy 2025.
Power2Power achieved significantly improved power semiconductor solutions for high voltages. These silicon-based IGBT solutions are also characterized by reliability and robustness, which are especially important in transport and (heavy) industrial applications, for example in battery systems and chargers for electric vehicles and high-speed drives, in power supply solutions for welding technology and for renewable energy storage in the grid.
In the area of electro-mobility in particular, solutions developed by the Power2Power consortium enable a significant reduction in energy consumption and energy conversion with efficiencies of over 98 percent for converters and drive trains in electric vehicles. The project's results have also successfully shown that the lifetime of electric vehicle chargers can be extended by 1.5 times, and that the cost of inverters for trains can be reduced by 30 percent.
The European Union funded the collaboration as part of the ECSEL program (Electronic Components and Systems for European Leadership). In the meantime, the new Key Digital Technologies (KDT) Joint Undertaking has taken over the ongoing activities of the ECSEL program.
The volume of the Power2Power project totaled €74 million. In the next project, PowerizeD, which will start as early as January, a consortium of 62 partners will work on the digitalization of power electronics applications within key technology value chains. Coordinated by Infineon, collaboration among European regions and supply chain partners will again play a central role in this project.