Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE210100473

Funded Activity Summary

Breaking Performance Limits of Solar Inverters for a Sustainable Future. Micro-inverters offer a unique ability to maximise solar energy yield and streamline the installation, operation and maintenance process of solar power generation, thus having huge potentials to drastically reduce the cost of solar electricity. However, performance limits have hampered their wider applications in the energy sector. This project aims to tackle the performance challenges of micro-inverters by developing a novel power-conversion architecture, a unified design framework, and a new control theory. The intended research outcome will be a new range of ultra-high-performance micro-inverters. This will promote greater solar uptake and maintain Australia’s leadership in the development of disruptive solar power generation technology.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-06-2021

End Date: 31-05-2024

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $462,573.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Renewable Power and Energy Systems Engineering (excl. Solar Cells) | Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Circuits and Systems | Industrial Electronics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Industry Costs and Structure | Solar-Photovoltaic Energy | Expanding Knowledge in Technology |

Other Keywords

Circuits and Systems | Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Expanding Knowledge in Technology | Industrial Electronics | Industry Costs and Structure | Renewable Power and Energy Systems Engineering (excl. Solar Cells) | Solar-Photovoltaic Energy

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