Siemens' first smart home battery ... Solid state batteries on the Moon ... Record solar panel efficiency ... Solid state transformer tech for smart grids

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

. Siemens launches its first home smart battery
. Japanese project to test solid state battery on the Moon
. Shell buys out German smart storage pioneer sonnen

POWER TECH TO WATCH
. Next generation solar modules set efficiency record at 29 percent

. Smaller solid state transformer for DC smart grids


. Powerline tech adds data to busbars

NEW POWER PRODUCTS

. DC energy analyser crowdfunds development
. Power chip enables ST's first multicore Linux IoT processor
. 60kV, 1200W rack mount DC supplies aim at labs and manufacturing

TECHNICAL PAPERS

. Silicon Wafer Integrated Fan-out Technology (SWIFT) Packaging for Highly Integrated Products

. The voltage rises
. Key considerations when selecting a connector solution