Industrial
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Jason Lomberg, North America Editor, PSD
Welcome to the August issue!
This month, we take a closer look at EVs, Hybrids, and Charging infrastructure, and there’s few topics that that merge the political, industrial, and technological realms quite like this one.
And while the political mudslinging rages on, and the cancellation of the EV tax cr
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Date:
08/01/2026
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Figure 1: V2G bidirectional charging diagram
This shift is already visible in policy and planning. In the UK alone, the government’s Clean Power Action Plan projects that battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity will need to reach between 23 GW and 27 GW by 2030, a substantial increase from around 4.5 GW in 2024.
Globally, the scale of the tr
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Date:
08/01/2026
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Figure 1: showing the pulse characteristics of a partial discharge, with the void capacitance rapidly releasing charge before the electric field collapses locally, and a fast current spike flows
Partial discharge in high-voltage distribution equipmentcan be used as an early warning indicator of insulation degradation and eventual failure, and without detection, can evolve into complete dielectric breakdown, arc faults, and potentially explosive equipment failure.
If partial discharge goes unmonitor
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Date:
08/01/2026
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Figure 1: Ground-referenced current sensing in 4-switch buck-boost converters
A new generation of 4-switch buck-boost controllers enables power system design with very high efficiency and high power density by using inductor DC. resistance (DCR) current-sensing techniques. This article explains the benefits of inductor DCR current-sensing solutions vs. traditional solutions.
Introduction
The 4-switch buck-boost converter is
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Date:
08/01/2026
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