Award Number: DE-EE0006521
CX(s) Applied: A9, A11, B1.31, B3.6
Advanced Manufacturing Office
Location(s): NC
Office(s): Golden Field Office

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to North Carolina State University (NC State) to establish, effectively manage, and assess the performance of PowerAmerica: The Next Generation Power Electronics Manufacturing Innovation Institute (referred to interchangeably as “PowerAmerica” or “Institute”). The Institute is planned as a consortium established under a Cooperative Agreement with the DOE and led by NC State (the prime recipient), with participation from sub-recipients of the award, Member Companies, universities and other educational institutions, as well as other state and federal government agencies and research organizations. The Institute would define and manage a program to enable the next generation of energy-efficient, high-power electronic chips and devices by making wide bandgap (WBG) semiconductor technologies cost-competitive with current silicon-based power electronics in the next five years.