Virginia Tech Receives $2.5 Million ARPA-E Award for Power Electronics Converter Development
The U.S. Department of Energy's ARPA-E has awarded Virginia Tech a $2.5 million grant to develop a novel power electronics converter as part of a $35 million initiative to enhance U.S. transmission capacity. This funding is part of the DC-GRIDS program aimed at advancing high voltage direct current technologies to improve energy security and grid resilience.
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The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) has launched a $35 million campaign to enhance U.S. transmission capacity, awarding Virginia Tech $2.5 million for a project focused on developing a novel power electronics converter.
This initiative falls under the DC-GRIDS program aimed at creating high voltage direct current (HVDC) technologies to upgrade traditional alternating current (AC) infrastructure. Virginia Tech's project is one of 12 selected to support this program, which seeks to improve energy transmission efficiency and resilience.
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