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DESCRIPTION:IEEE PI2 Austin\, May 27\, 2025\, Tech Meeting In-Person 6 PM C
 entral / 7 PM Eastern at\n\nVenue Change for this meeting:\n\nDinner Provi
 ded\nBurns &amp; McDonnell\, 6200 Bridge Point Pkwy\nUnit 400\, Austin\, TX 78
 730\n\nAbstract:\n\nResidential solar has undergone a quiet revolution in 
 power electronics—shifting from centralized string inverters to module-l
 evel power electronics (MLPE) like optimizers and microinverters. Each ste
 p aimed to improve efficiency\, reliability\, and control. But current sys
 tems remain constrained by rigid architectures and inefficiencies at the e
 dge. This saturation in technology has stalled the progress of home solar 
 and storage technology\, but also invites opportunities for new architectu
 re. This talk explores the evolution of these technologies\, the design tr
 ade-offs behind each generation\, and how our approach could reshape home 
 energy systems for greater resilience\, modularity\, and intelligence. It 
 concludes with a discussion of a new &quot;cellular&quot; power inverter architectur
 e that preserves the best of the legacy approaches while enabling home ene
 rgy users and installers unprecedented flexibility and cost advantages.\n\
 nDetails:\n\nDinner and soft beverages will be provided for those with res
 ervations. If you do not have a reservation you will not be able to eat.\n
 \nCost\, to defray the room\, dinner and refreshments cost: Thank you in a
 dvance:\n\nIF REGISTERED IN ADVANCE (Before May 20th\, 2025)\n\nMembers an
 d Non-Members:\n\nSelect Register &amp; Pay now\, $25.00 Paypal from your cred
 it card when registering - you do not need a Paypal account to use it.\n\n
 Click through to the credit card/debit page.\n\nOR\n\nSelect Register Now 
 and Pay Later and pay $25.00 cash or credit/debit with Square at the meeti
 ng.\n\nIEEE Student Members:\n\nFree (must register in advance before May 
 20th with your IEEE member number) Skip the payment\n\nAll registrants Aft
 er May 19th\, 2025: Pay $30.00 at the the meeting in cash\n\nAttendees mus
 t be registered before the event for food accommodations. Unfortunately\, 
 we are charged more for the meals after the advance registration date\n\nF
 or PDH hours\, please email the PI2 Secretary\, pi2-secretary@ieee.org.\n\
 nSpeaker(s): Shannan\, \n\nBurns &amp; McDonnell\, 6200 Bridge Point Pkwy\, Un
 it 400\, Austin\, TX  78730\, Austin\, Texas\, United States\, 78730
LOCATION:Burns &amp; McDonnell\, 6200 Bridge Point Pkwy\, Unit 400\, Austin\, T
 X  78730\, Austin\, Texas\, United States\, 78730
ORGANIZER:melvin.moncey@gmail.com
SEQUENCE:51
SUMMARY:IEEE PI2 Aus 5/27/25 Strings to Cells:Evolution of Power Electronic
 s for Home Energy Syst.
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/481255
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 trong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 6 PM Central / 7 PM Eastern at &amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n
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 pan style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Abstract:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p cl
 ass=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14pt\;&quot;&gt;Residential solar has unde
 rgone a quiet revolution in power electronics&amp;mdash\;shifting from central
 ized string inverters to module-level power electronics (MLPE) like optimi
 zers and microinverters. Each step aimed to improve efficiency\, reliabili
 ty\, and control. But current systems remain constrained by rigid architec
 tures and inefficiencies at the edge. This saturation in technology has st
 alled the progress of home solar and storage technology\, but also invites
  opportunities for new architecture.&amp;nbsp\; This talk explores the evoluti
 on of these technologies\, the design trade-offs behind each generation\, 
 and how our approach could reshape home energy systems for greater resilie
 nce\, modularity\, and intelligence.&amp;nbsp\; It concludes with a discussion
  of a new &quot;cellular&quot; power inverter architecture that preserves the best o
 f the legacy approaches while enabling home energy users and installers un
 precedented flexibility and cost advantages.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Details:&lt;/p&gt;\n
 &lt;p&gt;Dinner and soft beverages will be provided for those with reservations.
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 rong&gt;Cost\,&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/strong&gt;to defray the&amp;nbsp\;room\, dinner and refreshme
 nts cost: Thank you in advance:&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IF REGISTERED IN ADVANCE (
 &lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline\;&quot;&gt;Before&lt;/span&gt; May 20th\, 2025) 
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 p\; Pay&lt;/strong&gt; now\, &amp;nbsp\;$25.00 Paypal&amp;nbsp\;from your credit card wh
 en registering - you do not need a Paypal account to use it.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style
 =&quot;font-weight: 400\;&quot;&gt;Click through to the credit card/debit page.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p
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 e=&quot;font-weight: 400\;&quot;&gt;Select &lt;strong&gt;Register Now and Pay Later&lt;/strong&gt; 
 and pay $25.00 cash or credit/debit with Square at the meeting.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;
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  400\;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #e03e2d\;&quot;&gt;Free&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp\;(must reg
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 th\, 2025:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;Pay $30.00 at the the meeting in 
 cash&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;font-weight: 400\;&quot;&gt;Attendees must be registe
 red before the event for food accommodations. Unfortunately\, we are charg
 ed more for the meals after the advance registration date&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p style=&quot;f
 ont-weight: 400\;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For PDH hours&lt;/strong&gt;\, please
  email the PI2 Secretary\, pi2-secretary@ieee.org.&lt;/p&gt;
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