The semiconductor technology innovations will directly impact the modern energy industry that depends on sensors for operational purposes.
FREMONT, CA: Semiconductors have a huge potential to promote energy generation and decrease procurement costs. Semiconductors can also be employed to condition power from wind turbines and solar arrays so that energy can be supplied to the electric grid and utilized by electrical devices.
In addition, the photovoltaic (PV) cells incorporating solar panels rely on a semiconductor to convert light energy from the sun into potential power transmitted to the grid. According to AZoCleantech, semiconductors can play a major role in ensuring the optimal utilization of renewable energy.
The semiconductors’ capacity for allowing electricity to pass through them at a modulated rate enables them to turn energy harnessed from various renewable energy technologies such as wind turbines and hydropower. In this case, semiconductors act as effective rectifiers, smoothening or rectifying the energy gathered from clean energy sources so that it can be transferred to the electric grid with minimal dissipation.
Generally, the semiconductors are deployed on secondary devices like drives and pumps in the case of water and wind turbines, sensors in solar panels, and protection circuits in energy conversion and transfer stations to ensure that the overall operations function efficiently with minimal loss of power.
Even though semiconductors have a role in collecting clean energy, extensive semiconductor manufacturing facilities also require large amounts of energy, figuring up to 100-megawatt hours of energy per hour.
However, semiconductor materials can offset this demand with the internet of things (IoT) technology. The above capability allows the firms to analyze and automate semiconductor fabrication, ensuring the consumption of minimal energy resources.
Increasingly, firms depend on semiconductors to boost their operations and optimize the transmission of electric energy from various renewable sources.
