New Component Design Enlarges the Lifetime of Renewable Energy Systems
(WorldNews Denmark)

When the industry develops components for renewable energy sources, such as wind turbines, there is an enormous competitive pressure that components last for many years without failing. Through her PhD research, Paula Diaz Reigosa of Aalborg University has discovered the reason why one of the most important components in power electronic systems fails and, not least, how to solve the problem. This means that in the future we will see components that can last 20-30 years - even under abnormal conditions such as the ability to withstand a short-circuit event . The component that has been the focus of...