Hardware Podcasts

The New Wave in Energy Generation

EE Times Current · 22 Oct 2021 · 46m

What this episode covers

C-Power CEO Reenst Lesemann and Bill Schmitz of Northwest Power (a Vicor subsidiary) discuss commercializing wave energy systems, highlighting the technical challenge of converting low-frequency, high-range voltage pulses into constant current for storage using Vicor’s power electronics. First Light Fusion COO Gianluca Pisanello explains their inertial confinement fusion approach, which uses high-velocity projectiles to trigger fusion reactions, aiming for clean base-load energy by 2040. NXP CTO Lars Reger details V2X technology deployments for smart cities, including smart traffic management and autonomous valet parking, leveraging robust mesh networks for vehicle-to-infrastructure communication.

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early-stage companies and large enterprises

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Mentioned

Companies
Columbia Power Technologies, Vicor, Northwest Power, First Light Fusion, NXP
Products
Big Gun, Project Natic
Also
V2X

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