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Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD

How was your Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC)? For PSD, APEC is like the Super Bowl, World Cup, and Wrestlemania all rolled into one. Other shows might have more attendees or larger layouts. Some events attract celebrity guests or take place in literal casinos. But no gala is as germane to

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Date:

04/01/2026

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Figure 1: Change in electricity demand by region, 2021–2027. Note: EMDE = Emerging Markets and Developing Economies [1]

From Rising Loads to Rugged Switching: The Case for SiC JFETs in SSCBs

Rene Mente, Principal Engineer Technical Marketing, and Fagbemi Elijah, Product Marketing Manager, both for HV MOSFETs at Infineon Technologies AG

Global electricity demand surged 4.3% in 2024, nearly double the average pace of the previous decade, driven by data centers, electrification, and severe climate change causing temperature fluctuations that pushed heating and cooling loads to record levels [1]. Projections for 2026 to 2030 indicate that demand wi

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Date:

04/01/2026

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Keeping the Lights on 24/7 Using Renewables

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

A major hurdle to the adoption of renewable energy is that the generation methods we use today tend to be intermittent. The sun doesn’t shine at night, and when the wind drops, then wind turbines are pretty much useless. Until we have develop methods of extracting energy from tides, or other more consistent re

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Date:

04/01/2026