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UB, Partners Awarded $2.8 Million Semiconductor Research Grant to Improve Nation's Power Grid
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The project, funded by the
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A research team led by the
The award, part of
Improved power switches will boost the power grid's overall efficiency and help ensure its resilience against unforeseen outages (often caused by extreme weather), which are estimated to cost the
They also will help ensure the
"Much of the nation's power grid was built in 1960s and 1970s. This explains, in part, why we have blackouts during periods of excessive demand and extreme weather," says the grant's principal investigator Uttam Singisetti, PhD, professor of electrical engineering in the
He adds: "The semiconductor technology we're developing will address these limitations and ultimately improve the resiliency of the grid so its ready to support the nation's growing number of clean energy projects and transportation options such as electric vehicles."
Singisetti will lead a team including researchers from
The projects aligns with UB's recently launched
Singisetti serves as co-director of the center, which supports the
Co-principal investigators of the
The grant comes from the energy department's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). It is part of ARPA-E's Unlocking Lasting Transformative Resiliency Advances by Faster Actuation of power Semiconductor Technologies (ULTRAFAST) program, which aims to improve control and protection of the domestic power grid.
"A reliable and resilient grid is the key to protecting our power supply from outside threats and expanding America's clean energy and transportation options,"
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Original text here: https://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2024/03/semiconductor-power-grid-grant.html
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