Applications

Renewable Energy

SiC and hybrid power modules for 1500 V solar, storage and wind systems.

Overview

Solar, storage and wind plants are moving to 1500 V DC-links and more power per inverter, which puts conversion efficiency, power density and 25-year reliability at the centre of every design. Dicio supports the whole conversion chain — MPPT boost stages, two- and three-level inverters and bidirectional battery interfaces — with 2000 V and 2300 V* SiC MOSFETs for simple two-level 1500 V systems, 1200 V and 1700 V IGBT + SiC SBD hybrid modules for high-current central inverters and wind converters, and SiC discretes for residential string inverters. Industry-standard footprints let inverter makers upgrade installed platforms from silicon to hybrid or full SiC without a mechanical redesign.

01 · MARKET GROWTH

ESS leads the growth, with SiC entering through diodes first

As 1500 V DC becomes established as a standard, the PV and ESS SiC market continues to grow rapidly.

PV·ESS power semiconductor market outlook

($M)

IGBT $2,419MSiC $2,225.3M
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IGBTSiC
$2.26B

2031 PV·ESS SiC outlook

18% CAGR from $834M in 2025

$23B

2030 BESS converter market

18.5% CAGR from about $8B in 2024

1500V → 2kV

2000 V DC demonstration underway

Next-generation system-voltage direction

Power conversion architecture

From Energy Source to Power Grid

Power generated by solar, energy storage and wind systems passes through DC-DC conversion, an inverter, filtering and transformation before connecting to the grid. Every conversion stage requires power semiconductors suited to its system voltage, current, switching frequency and cooling conditions.

Energy Source

A photovoltaic array, energy-storage battery or wind turbine supplies DC or generated power to the power-conversion system.

Engineered value

Performance you can verify

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Key Applications

  • Utility-Scale PV Central Inverter

  • C&I / Residential String Inverter

  • ESS PCS (Grid-Scale & C&I)

  • Wind Full-Scale Converter

  • Hybrid PV + Storage

  • Green Hydrogen Rectifier

Key Topologies and Recommended Products

Stage / system
String inverter input stage · One boost leg per MPPT input
Device class
2000 V SiC MOSFET · SiC SBD
Multi-channel MPPT boost DC-DC circuit diagram

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