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Rising raw material costs signal solar module price increases in Q1 2026

The global solar industry is entering a phase of renewed cost pressure as rising raw material prices emerge as a key driver behind expected solar module price increases in Q1 2026. Industry experts ...

A Tiny Power Module Could Help Solve the World’s Growing Energy Crisis

The world’s energy demand is rising, and NREL’s ULIS power module could help meet it. Demand for energy worldwide is climbing rapidly, driven in part by power hungry data centers that support ...
Business Wire

Arieca Announces an Agreement to Develop a Liquid-Metal-Based Thermal Interface Material for Power Modules in the Electric Vehicle (xEV) Segment

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Arieca, a leader in liquid-metal-based Thermal Interface Materials (TIM), entered into a joint research agreement with ROHM Co., Ltd., a leading provider of power ...
Morning Overview on MSNOpinion

A tiny power module might ease the world’s energy crunch

Global electricity demand is rising faster than new large power plants can be built, and the cost of that imbalance is ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Enabling New Applications With SiC IGBT And GaN HEMT For Power Module Design

The need to mitigate climate change is driving a need to electrify our infrastructure, vehicles, and appliances, which can then be charged and powered by renewable energy sources. The most visible and ...
Electronic Design

New Power Module Integrates SiC MOSFETs and IGBTs to Cut EV Costs

Silicon carbide (SiC) continues to carve out a place for itself in power electronics after decades of dominance by silicon. SiC-based power switches are becoming the gold standard in the three-phase ...
Electronic Design

Thermal Interface Materials: Cool Options for Better Power Density

The benefits of thermal interface materials. Comparing FR-4 laminate with insulated metal substrate (IMS) PCB. How phase-change TIMs may prove to be the best solution. One of the most important—and ...
EDN

TI unveils power modules with new packaging technology

Texas Instruments (TI) Inc. has unveiled six new power modules that deliver benefits in power density, efficiency and thermal performance, while reducing size and electromagnetic interference (EMI).
PV Tech

Inverters and power modules are key players in energy management – but testing methods need improvement

Damage to a relay contact after cyclic current loading. A better understanding of inverter reliability will help boost performance and reduce costs. Image: Fraunhofer IMWS. Inverters are critical to ...
PV Tech

Longer solar module lifetimes could cut raw material demand – NREL

NREL said long-life modules provide a longer grace period in which to develop end-of-life recycling or remanufacturing processes. Image: Green Clean Solar. Longer PV module lifetimes could lower new ...
pv magazine International

Two-layer phase change materials for solar module cooling

Researchers in Iran have tested four different two-layer PCMs across several cooling system configurations and have found that the payback time of the proposed cooling tech is still far from reaching ...
Semiconductor Engineering

How To Use S-Parameters For Power Module Verification

Power modules are high-power switching circuits that convert DC- in AC-currents in electric vehicles, renewable energy, and many more applications. New materials [14] and device technologies [14], ...