Grid Infrastructure

Training Center Classroom

Welcome to this installment of EE Classroom on Grid Infrastructure


As the surging energy demands of today stress out an already stressed 70+ year old power grid never designed for the increasing longer distance power transfers let alone the charging of EVs and HEVs, more sophisticated power electronics and processors have become the best hope for grid stabilization. But with those specialized chips comes the challenges of not only staying current with the technology but designing for the future.


Here you will find resources to assist you in that journey and provide resources to aid in your designs. These include frequently asked questions around EV charging with a look at the power design differences between internal combustion engines and EVs, as well as the hardware and software considerations required. Also included are basic tutorials around other grid-infrastructure-related technologies such as power line carrier communications, and photovoltaic inverters — the heart of a PV system and just one of the realistic paths available to transforming a grid of the past into at least the beginnings of a more sustainable and evolving grid of the future.

Aimee Kalnoskas

Editor in Chief, EE World Online

Grid Infrastructure

FAQ • Hardware • Batteries • PV Systems

Charging electric vehicle: the connections

A quick way to wear out EV batteries

Charging electric vehicle: the numbers

Testing PV inverters

As PV systems proliferate, it becomes increasingly important that their features don’t cause difficulties in the grids to which they connect.

Fill 'er up? Not quite. First, consider the multiple charging, power, and connector options.

 A look at the hardware (which also involves software, of course) involved in EV charging.

The practicality of using the lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles as a source of power for the utility grid.

Grid links get more compact thanks to GaN

A a short video on a GaN-based grid link. It is a three-phase, three level bidirectional grid tight inverter developed jointly by Texas Instruments and Siemens. 

PV Inverter • Communication • EVs • Ultrasonic Sensor

 A transformerless, 1-phase, multilevel PV inverter

What is Power Line Carrier Communication?

How do EVs work?

What is an ultrasonic sensor? 

This project introduces and discusses the main features of power conversion circuit topologies that deal with high efficiency, low cost, and safety.

The basics of the PLCC transmission medium that is not only fast but economically reasonable,as well.

The history, structure, benefits of electric cars and comparisons to gasoline-powered vehicles. 

Their history dates back to 1826 when an underwater bell successfully and accurately determining the speed of sound in water.

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