Update: First Technical Workshop for Smart Power programme has been updated. See news section for more details.

Today, electronic technologies exist for saving electrical energy consumption. They address the control and conversion of electric power in consumer and industrial appliances. Their potential contribution to the reduction of power consumption is significant: However, the costs of those technologies are yet too high to strongly affect the power consumption numbers.

The SmartPM project contributes significantly to surmount this hurdle. It makes energy saving technologies inexpensive enough to cause a wide market penetration and initiate a significant impact on the overall electric power consumption. Various demonstrators will be implemented addressing among others AC/DC supplies, efficient high-voltage switches, power controls and motor drives. Through this comprehensive set of prototypes the majority of power modules in the electronic consumer arena will be covered thus initiating a significant impact on the overall power consumption in the European Union and worldwide.