Save the date: PECTA Experts Workshop in February 2026

Join us in Vienna —
for our next hybrid PECTA experts workshop. We’ll present and discuss latest PECTA work, including findings on circular economy compatible power electronics, SiC and GaN reliability, and more.

Interested to join the event? Feel free to register here:

WORKSHOP REGISTRATION
New PECTA Policy Brief - Circular Economy

The latest policy brief from PECTA (PECTA PB5), ‘Circular Economy – Compatible Power Electronics and New Application Areas’ has been published and is now available!

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New PECTA Policy Brief - Roadmap PECTA/EMSA

This Policy Brief (PECTA PB4) highlights the importance of wide bandgap power semiconductors in industrial variable speed drives and introduces the Research Roadmap developed by EMSA in cooperation with PECTA.

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Power Electronic Conversion Technology Platform

The Power Electronic Conversion Technology Platform (PECTA) is one of four Platforms (EDNA, EMSA, SSLC and PECTA) within the IEA 4E TCP (Technology Collaboration Program of Energy Efficient End-Use Equipment) and was launched in March 2019.

The overall goal of PECTA includes collecting and analysing information about new wide band gap (WBG) based power electronic devices, coordinating internationally acceptable approaches that promote WBG-based power electronics and developing greater understanding and action amongst governments and policy makers.

Publications

Policy Brief: Wide Bandgap Industrial Variable Speed Drives Research Roadmap

This Policy Brief highlights the importance of wide bandgap power semiconductors in industrial variable speed drives and introduces the Research Roadmap developed by EMSA in cooperation with PECTA. The Research Roadmap aims to facilitate the adoption of this new technology by addressing key challenges with dedicated research topics over the course of the next few years.

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About 4E

Fifteen countries from the Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America have joined together under the forum of 4E to share information and transfer experience in order to support good policy development in the field of energy efficient appliances and equipment.