EPSRC provides £18m boost for power electronics capacity

Posted on 1 Jul 2013

The opening of the first National Centre of Excellence for Power Electronics by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) today will give the UK’s industries and its economy an £18 million boost.

The £18 million investment in the new EPSRC research centre will be spread as a series of grants, each of which involves multiple universities. Power electronics are used in devices such as laptops and mobile phones or anything that contains electrical circuitry. This includes trains, planes, energy networks and power stations. EPSRC’s chief executive, Professor…

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