Over the past 15 years, the situation in the field of electrical energy has changed dramatically. The usual large power plants have been increasingly challenged by so-called additive energy sources such as solar, wind and biological energy. As a result, the structure and dynamic behavior of power grids have become more complex, and new regulations have become necessary to ensure smooth operation of power distribution.
Due to their partially "countercyclical" behavior, additive energy sources required storage technologies to preserve temporary excess energy for periods of high demand.
At the same time, electric power was successfully introduced as a drive technology in the automotive market as well. Hybrid, mini-hybrid and full-range electric drives entered the mobility market and caused an immense technological leap.
The above facts have created a series of completely new challenges in the field of development, testing and application of electrical equipment:

• Simulation of small and large power solar arrays under a wide range of environmental conditions to enable developers to design optimal hardware and software concepts

• Test equipment for solar inverters on the AC grid side: Powerful grid simulators capable of reproducing any grid situation in terms of frequency, phase angle, AC voltage, islanding situations, low voltage crossover, voltage flicker and voltage dips

• Test equipment for any type of electrical storage elements and complete storage arrays

• Simulation of electrical storage technologies such as batteries, high-density capacitors, EDLCs and also unidirectional energy sources such as fuel cell stacks

• Test equipment for electric powertrains and their components – capable of sourcing and draining the energy flow and recovering the energy back to the grid with very high efficiency

• Powerful software packages for dedicated applications and processes