PACE Annual Meeting

August 14-15, 2024

Embassy Suites Knoxville West

Knoxville, TN

 

The word PACE on top of the words Accelerating Electrification in white overlayed on a dark background.

The annual Power Electronics Accelerator Consortium for Electrification (PACE) meeting was held August 14-15 in Knoxville, Tennessee. PACE is a coalition of partner research institutions, utilities, and industry manufacturers working to take innovative research in power electronics to grid-level pilot demonstrations and use in the field.

The coalition provides a framework to incubate ideas and provide hardware and software services to take the idea to fruition, then provide a platform to transition the technology to field demonstration. A variety of pathways are available for partnership opportunities, including basic research and development programs, tech collaborations, and industry-led projects.

Meeting U.S. goals of shifting to a carbon-neutral, domestic energy power sector by 2050 will require modernizing grid architecture and system management. This means an expanded role for power electronics, which provide improved reliability, automation, and intelligence compared to mechanical systems.

At this in-person event, industry stakeholders and meeting participants engaged in dialogue, exchanged ideas, and built connections. 

Agenda

August 14

August 15

Contact Us

For additional questions, please contact Andre Pereira at andre.pereira@hq.doe.gov.