On June 5, 2019, the major European research project "Power2Power" was launched at Infineon Technologies in Dresden with the participation of the HSZG in the person of Professor Sophia Keil, Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Industrial Engineering, and her research group. ARD and MDR also reported on the launch of the research project on June 5, with words of welcome from the Prime Minister of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer, among others.

Over the next three years, 43 partners from eight countries will research and develop innovative power semiconductors with greater power density and energy efficiency. Power semiconductors are needed in all phases of energy conversion: Generation, transmission and utilization. More efficient semiconductors make an important contribution to reducing carbon dioxide emissions despite the increasing global demand for energy. Universities, research institutes, small and medium-sized enterprises and international corporations are involved in this collaboration. Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH & Co. KG is coordinating this project under the leadership of Dr. Oliver Pyper.

The Power2Power project is worth around 74 million euros. The German partners account for two thirds of this. The European Union is funding the collaboration as part of the ECSEL (Electronic Components and Systems for European Leadership) program. Funding from Germany is provided by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the two states of Saxony and Thuringia. The partners from the other seven countries are also supported by their national authorities.

After the iDev40 project, Sophia Keil and her team are now involved in the second European research project of this magnitude. In Power2Power, Professor Keil is again in charge of the work package "Automation and logistics in the digitalized production of power electronics". The aim of this work package is to optimize the entire ECS (Electronic Components and Systems) supply chain and production logistics with regard to the production of power electronics and their pilot lines using automation and digitalization. Among other things, the interfaces between the suppliers and the manufacturer, within production and between the manufacturer and the end customer are being designed as interfaces. This is done in close cooperation with the project partners, particularly from industry.

Power2Power is a European, co-funded innovation project for the semiconductor industry. The project receives funding from the European research and innovation program H2020, the ECSEL Joint Undertaking and national funding authorities from eight participating countries under Grant Agreement No. 826417. Participating countries are Austria, Finland, Germany including the Free States of Saxony and Thuringia, Hungary, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Spain and Switzerland.