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Brief History of Solid-State Lighting Technology

On June 5, 2013, in

Semiconductor electroluminescence was first reported by H.J. Round in 1907, and the first light-emitting diode (LED) was reported by O.V. Losev in 1927. Not until the birth of semiconductor physics in the 1940s and 1950s, however, was scientific development of technologies for light emission possible. For solid-state lighting (SSL), using semiconductor electroluminescence to produce visible [...]


2013 Inverter Reliability Workshop

On May 31, 2013, in

Hosted by Sandia National Laboratories and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Inverter reliability drives project life cycle costs and plant performance. This workshop focused on current reliability issues and developed a draft roadmap to define the gaps and the path forward for inverter reliability.  Topics of discussion included O&M and system impacts, component reliability, [...]


2013 O&M Workshop

On May 30, 2013, in

Hosted by Sandia National Laboratories and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) The 2013 PV Operations and Maintenance Workshop, hosted by Sandia National Laboratories and EPRI, included a full day of interactive presentations, brainstorming, and dialog to both explore current knowledge gaps and lay the groundwork for industry standards and protocols. The fully subscribed event—attended [...]


SWiFT Partnership Opportunities

On May 21, 2013, in

The SWiFT Facility can support all manner of collaborative and fully proprietary projects. Collaborative projects which align with and expand currently funded research activities can be facilitated through Collaborative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs). Projects in which the complete intellectual property must be protected or are in a completely new R&D thrust can be arranged through Work [...]


Scaled Wind Farm Technology (SWiFT) Facility

On May 21, 2013, in

Test-Bed Wind Turbines Allow Facility Flexibility While Providing Reliable Data in Many Regimes SWiFT will initially consist of three research-scale wind turbines (modified Vestas V27s) with the first two turbines spaced three diameters apart, perpendicular to the oncoming wind, and the third turbine five diameters downwind. (The turbines form a 3-, 5-, and 6-rotor-diameter-length triangle.) The [...]


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