Data Centre Energy Use: Critical Review of Models and Results
This Study conducts a comprehensive and critical review of existing models and assessments of the energy use of data centres.
Application Readiness Map for Wide Bandgap (WBG) Semiconductors
The Power Electronic Conversion Technology Platform (PECTA) Application Readiness Map for Wide Bandgap (WBG) Semiconductors describes their expected market position through 2036. It is based on interviews with many experts and various roadmaps and could be used as a basis for deciding which power semiconductor technology to choose. This report presents an updated version and […]
Product Policy Framework for Demand Side Flexibility: Case Studies
This report is a compilation of case studies mapping the status of residential product flexibility in seven jurisdictions using the EDNA Product Policy Framework for Demand Side Flexibility. The report aims to test the effectiveness of the framework for mapping product policy and to collate approaches across a range of jurisdictions.
Residential HEMS and controllers
This report investigates the global home energy management system (HEMS) market addressing key questions about existing products, market penetration, product categories, interoperability, and relevant policies.
Advancing the energy efficiency of home energy storage systems
This report explores the energy efficiency of home energy storage systems (HESS), identifies current standards available to test HESS energy efficiency performance, identifies current barriers to lifting the minimum energy efficiency of HESS, and makes recommendations to address these barriers.
Overview of Flexibility Platforms
This report examines the ability of ‘flexibility platforms’ to unlock demand flexibility from appliances in the household and commercial sectors.
AC/HP Test Methods 2.0: Phase 4 Findings Summary
This report provides the results of a round-robin testing across multiple international laboratories to evaluate the reproducibility and representativeness of a new 4E TCP Test Method for Air conditioner/Heat Pump products to better reflect real life energy performance.
Data Centre Energy Efficiency Labels
This study explores energy efficiency labels for data centres by researching and analysing existing labelling schemes and making suggestions for the characteristics of a worldwide applicable data centre energy efficiency label.
Public Data on Data Centre Energy Use
This report gathers and analyses a range of publicly available data on the energy consumed by data centres.
Cybersecurity for Demand Flexible Appliances
This report focusses on cybersecurity threats in relation to demand flexible networked appliances. It investigates current efforts to address these, and summarises the issues that policy makers should be aware of in relation to minimising cybersecurity risks.
Optimized SiC PV Inverter
This report contains a detailed comparsion between a commercially available hybrid Si/SiC and a competitive full-SiC PV converter. The main objective was to provide a fair comparison in terms of semiconductor efficiency between both solutions.
IC 2023 Nucleus Laboratory Comparison Report Part 1: Lamp Artefacts
This report presents a comparison and demonstration of measurement equivalency of the five Nucleus laboratories that constitute the core of Interlaboratory Comparison 2023 (IC2023). This report is Part 1, covering LED lamp artefacts used in IC 2023.
AC power supply issue for intrinsic flicker performance measurement
These comments were prepared and submitted to Members of three Expert Working Groups investigating temporal light modulation: CIE TC 2-89, IEC TC34 WG5 and IES LM-90 WG. These comments were intended to enable experts working on these committees to consider these preliminary findings on our on-going research into TLM measurements and certain AC power supplies […]
DC Wallbox Pre Scoping Study
The 4E PECTA DC-Wallbox pre-scoping study aims to enhance understanding of DC-Wallboxes and pro-vides an overview of the current DC charging market, emphasizing the efficiencies of commercially avail-able chargers across different power levels.
Solid State Lighting: Review of Health Effects
This report offers a comprehensive review of the scientific knowledge acquired in the course of the last ten years on the effects of solid state light on human health.
Digitalisation in electric motor systems – Part II: Technical recommendations for industrial end-users
In this publication, EMSA provides recommendations for industrial end-users on how to digitalise their motor systems.
Digitalisation in electric motor systems – Part I: Findings for policy makers
This report summarises EMSA’s research on the digitalisation of electric motor systems between 2021 – 2024. It formulates nine recommendations for policy makers on how to advance digitalisation in motor systems.
Reliability of electronic components and systems with WBG technology
Power electronics plays a vital role in various applications, from household devices to electric vehicles and renewable energy systems. This report, a result of the 4E PECTA Platform, covers reliability challenges at both component and system levels, discusses the state of the art in design processes, and proposes indicators for policymakers to support WBG adoption in energy applications.
Wide Band Gap Technology: Timing of most beneficial policy measures
This report reflects a special working result of the first term of PECTA, the Power Electronic Conversion Technology Platform. It contains suggestions for possible policy measures and mapping with applications over a timeline.
Digitalisation in electric motor systems – Part IV: Energy consumption due to the digitalisation of electric motor systems
By analysing current research and real-life cases in industry, EMSA looked at the energy expenditure to facilitate digitalisation in electric motor systems.
