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A start-up aims at power conversion to save electricity

Transphorm, a California start-up, has developed a power conversion device based on gallium nitride that it says can cut energy waste by 90%. Now, 10% of the electricity generated is lost converting it from AC to direct current and back. If the device works, 300 coal plants could go off grid. GR

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