Subventions et des contributions :

Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019).

The global greenhouse gas emissions from Information and Communication Technology (ICT) data centers arex000D
projected to exceed 2007 levels by more than twofold in 2020. Powering ICT data centers are extremelyx000D
energy-intensive operations; in 2014, data centers alone accounted for approximately 5 billion kWh of thex000D
Canada's energy consumption. Ottawa-based ICT company, CISTECH Limited has started to look into greenx000D
and innovative ICT power solutions to supply clean, reliable, and sustainable energy for powering the datax000D
centers. Typical power electronic interface employed in renewable energy systems with DC power distributionx000D
for ICT data centers require a separate grid-connected power converter to provide uninterruptible power whenx000D
either the renewable energy source or the backup energy storage device is not capable of providing the requiredx000D
load power. Collaborated with the Power Electronics for Sustainable Energy Research group at Yorkx000D
University, their collaborative research project has resulted in a new and cost-effective power converterx000D
concept for powering high voltage DC distributed ICT data centers with multiple renewable energy sources.x000D
Simulation results have indicated that the devised converter is able to increase the power efficiency by morex000D
than 3% compared to the existing power architecture used in any renewable systems with high voltage DCx000D
distribution. Based on the successful outcomes from the current collaboration with CISTECH, CISTECH andx000D
York are now working towards the direction to develop a functional hardware engineering prototype byx000D
performing in-depth experimental testing on the prototype unit.