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Advanced Energy and EPIC Announce Strategic Partnership

Advanced Energy and the Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC) at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) have entered into agreements to establish an ISO/IEC […]
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The Crucial Role of Quality Management in the Energy Industry

Across three events, a combined 3 gigawatts of solar generation near Odessa, Texas, tripped offline after improperly responding to routine faults that were cleared in less than one-tenth of a […]
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The Value of Third-Party Accreditation for Motor Service Centers

According to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, in a report published in 2021, there are more than 50 million electric motor systems greater than 1 horsepower across […]

The Value of Accreditations for our Motors and Drives Lab

In 1997, our motors and drives test lab became the first in the world to achieve accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025 for electric motor efficiency testing through […]

Three-Phase Power and Power Quality Considerations on Farms

For decades, agriculture and farming have been vital to North Carolina’s economy, and our state is a leader in tobacco, soybean, poultry and hog production, and more. Critical to the […]

Kitt Butler Receives 2023 ACEEE Champion of Energy Efficiency in Industry Award

We are thrilled to announce that Kitt Butler, business development director, recently won an American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Champion of Energy Efficiency in Industry award […]

Variable Frequency Drives and Their Importance in Industry

Electric motor-driven systems account for more than 50% of all electricity generated in the world and often represent the highest energy users in a facility. Therefore, for organizations […]

Power Quality Through the Large Business and Industry Lens

In a recent webinar from our Exploring North Carolina’s Clean Energy Transition program, we learned about power quality issues and solutions in […]

Advanced Energy Welcomes Tristen Barron as a Motors and Drives Co-op

Advanced Energy is excited to welcome Tristen Barron as a motors and drives co-op through NC State University’s Cooperative Education Program. Tristen was born in Charlotte […]

Supporting Facilities and Utilities with a Voltage Sag Generator

Digital electronics and devices often require extremely stable power and tend to be sensitive to transient voltage events, or brief shifts in voltage levels. Voltage can fluctuate, for example, when […]