From Guest Blogger Amit Mishra: Nexgen Semiconductor Solutions To Provide Green Energy

Energy production is key to human evolution. Since humans learned to generate fire, its been used till today for most of our energy requirements.

Carbon fuel is primary source of electricity which is fulfilling our 95% of energy demands. Over the years demand is increasing rapidly and in next 20 years it will be up by more than 60%. The environment is always on stake when fulfilling demand of increasing energy, and impacts are visible to all of us by rise in Global warming index and climatic uncertainties. If we continue to rise fossil fuel usage for meeting demand we are inviting serious issues, not just climatic but also political and economical.

The awareness towards environment is key force behind driving innovation to alternate energy sources like, wind, solar and water. The use of wind power is increasing by an annual rate of 20% and expect to be around 30GW/year by 2020. Solar energy is also contributing in this by generating 120GW worldwide. While most of solar energy generation is towards consumer end, still it helps a lot.

Let’s understand the situation first. We have wires all over our planet which transfer electricity from point A to B. But these are already overloaded and we are seeking demand of new power lines. In such case transporting green energy is one of the major issues. One things which can be achieved is reduce the current load on existing lines and make space for green energy and this can be achieved by reducing consumer demand and fulfilling them locally.

This entire evolution is depending upon semiconductor innovations. The new age semiconductor solutions makes it possible to create, boost and optimize for real life usage.

Power density, energy efficiency and reliability are key ingredients for success of green energy projects.  The new age semiconductors have fascinating features like highest efficiency and power density, lower board space consumption, switching performance very low Qg and Qgd, easy to design. In Solar energy semiconductors plays a major role as they need to control power generation to distribution with optimum productivity. Thanks to latest technologies which made this possible. Nowadays with advanced solar energy install, one can fulfill 80% of their energy requirements from Sun(In areas with abundant sunlight).

But semiconductor role is even more bigger on the conservation side. We are in nest of electronic devices like, smartphones, computers, TV’s, lights, home appliances, lifts, and many more. Just make your head swirl a bit and you may notice. Take a example of a cell phone charge, which takes an hour so how much energy is required to charge all those phones active on our planet. Now just assume that if can reduce charging time by 20% or improve battery life by 20%, how much energy it may conserve. You may apply same thought to all the electronics around us.

With new technologies these stuffs are really happening. GlobalFoundries 22FDX technology enables electronic devices to be power efficient. INVECAS, one of the leading semiconductor solution provider, partnered with GlobalFoundries to leverage the benefits of latest semiconductor technology to conserve and generate green energy for our future to be better.

We just have one planet and we must take care of it…..