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The DOE’s ambitious agenda sets a course to cut carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve net-zero carbon emissions across all sectors by 2050. Such goals demand groundbreaking advancements in power electronics, which lie at the heart of energy creation, distribution, and utilization.

In 2022, I wrote a blog about how that old beer fridge you might have lurking in your garage is probably worth replacing with a newer model. In short, refrigerator prices have dropped, and efficiencies have increased to the point that replacing an old beer fridge can pay for itself in just a few years.

In his plenary address at APEC earlier this year, Power Integrations CEO Balu Balakrishnan stated: “Efficiency and renewables hold the key to achieving carbon-reduction targets”, and that therefore “power semiconductors are critical for a lower-carbon future”, facilitating “69% of target carbon savings.”