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The experts from the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology will be represented at two leading international trade fairs in the first week of May 2025: From 6 to 8 May at PCIM Europe in Nuremberg and from 7 to 9 May at Intersolar Europe in Munich.
Friederich Kupzog, Head of the AIT Center for Energy: "With its scientific excellence and high-quality, specialised laboratory infrastructure, the AIT Center for Energy offers its customers and partners innovative and application-oriented research services. With our focus on power electronics and pioneering energy systems, we set standards in international applied research. Our strong presence at Intersolar Europe and PCIM Europe underlines AIT's innovative strength and our ambition to play a key role in shaping key technologies for the energy transition."
PCIM - the leading international trade fair for power electronics
At PCIM Europe, AIT will be presenting the latest research results and practical technological developments in the fields of power electronics, intelligent drive systems and modern energy management. AIT conducts intensive research into the development and optimisation of power electronics for electromobility and electrical energy supply. Using advanced semiconductor materials such as silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN), components with maximum efficiency and power density are developed, resulting in lower costs. This also includes the development of innovative control algorithms in the software.
In Hall 7, Stand 407, visitors can expect to see hardware-in-the-loop test environments for analysing grid-connected power electronic systems, high-performance SiC inverters with maximum efficiency for modern energy applications and GaN-based prototypes for the next evolutionary stage of electric drive systems. One highlight will be the MEDUSA project (sustainable multi-megawatt fast charging on the medium-voltage grid), which recently won the Houska Prize 2025. This pioneering project focuses on the development of multi-megawatt fast-charging stations with a direct connection to the medium-voltage grid in combination with an efficient and sustainable energy supply. This technology is crucial to making electromobility economically viable for the future, especially in heavy goods transport. Previous charging stations require around 4.5 hours to charge a typical 400 kWh bus battery. MEDUSA reduces this time to just eight minutes. Medium-voltage technology is also key to the worldwide electrification of heavy goods transport.
More information at www.ait.ac.at/pcim
Intersolar Europe - the world's leading trade fair for the solar industry
With over two decades of experience in photovoltaic research and one of the most modern laboratory infrastructures in Europe, AIT offers comprehensive services - from the development and testing of individual solar cells to the system evaluation of large-scale PV power plants.
At Intersolar 2025 in Hall B3, Stand 655, the focus will be on the reliability and performance of PV modules and systems, AI-supported performance and fault diagnostics for photovoltaic systems, hybrid energy systems with photovoltaics, battery storage and hydrogen technologies, as well as grid integration and evaluation of PV inverters and storage solutions. The experts will also present their expertise in the development of innovative power electronics, such as the megawatt charger with medium-voltage connection for future-proof charging infrastructures. More information at www.ait.ac.at/intersolar