Clean and safe power for data centers

On the back of our recent consortium meeting in Kiel University, Super-HEART has published an overview of the project and its mission objectives.

We aim to develop a reliable and sustainable power supply system for data centers, using green energy sources such as solar and hydrogen. The consortium combines expertise in power electronics and materials science and is funded by the European Union to a total of €2.5 million until 2025.

The goal is to create a compact and cost-effective transformer, enhancing reliability and efficiency through the use of integrated supercapacitors and advanced semiconductor materials like silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN). Through Super-HEART, Kiel University and Trinity College Dublin are using nano and micro-structuring techniques to enhance the performance of supercapacitors with respect to the current state of the art.

Building on previous work, we are aiming for a 20% increase in efficiency and reliability, which would be game-changing for critical infrastructure. The research leader, Marco Liserre, is actively seeking industrial partners to commercialize the project's results and potentially establish a new company.

The link the full press release can be found below.

German: https://www.uni-kiel.de/de/detailansicht/news/255-superheart

English: https://www.uni-kiel.de/en/details/news/255-superheart