Why Power is so important

These days we hear a lot about power in the news: political power, military power, market power, company power, purchasing power, electrical power, power plants, power grid etc. And it was brought to everybody’s attention, just how important even the extremely tiny power semiconductor devices are for final products like cars, for example. For many years these tiny power devices were often smiled at, but not appreciated. At the same time, there was extreme price pressure; buyers often haggled over less than 0.1 cents. Now as we have seen in the news just what can happen, when political power, market power, company power and purchasing power clash. We have witnessed the implication of such an event recently which shows us, how important ALL individual components of a system are.

When we consider pure design solutions in the broad field of electrical power engineering, we see lots of focal activities around and with wide bandgap semiconductors. That’s why we once again organized Bodo’s Wide Bandgap Event, this year on December 2 and 3, 2025. But we,at Bodo’s Power, also want to bring efficient power solutions forward – independent from the technology and the kind of semiconductors used (Si, SiC, GaN). We all think that we owe it to our (grand)children to use energy (and power) carefully and to use resources sparingly and sustainably. That’s why we always appreciate efficient and clever designs. With our magazine (printed and online), our website, the newsletter and the WBG Event we are making our contribution to the power community.

In December we also feel the power of Christmas, Hanukkah, the holiday season or whatever you’re celebrating. Spending a few days with the family, having a few days away from work—that is the biggest common denominator worldwide for these last days of the year. These are days when we, as humans, can recharge our batteries so that we can work at full power again in the new year on the power solutions of the future. With this in mind, the entire team of Bodo’s Power Systems would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and an excellent start to the New Year.

Bodo’s magazine is delivered by postal service to all places in the world. It is the only magazine that spreads technical information on power electronics globally. We have EETech as a partner serving our clients in North America. If you speak the language, or just want to have a look, don’t miss our Chinese version at bodospowerchina.com. An archive, of every issue of the magazine, is available for free at our website bodospower.com.

My Green Tip of the Month:
If you have any remaining incandescent light bulbs replace them with energy-saving LED lighting solutions. When you choose light sources with a color rendering index (CRI) of >80 the colors will be good in every day life but not perfect, while a CRI of >90 will provide very good color rendering. And with a color temperature in the range of 2.700 K to 3.300 K (warmwhite) the light will be cozy and relaxing, similar to the old incandescent light; whereas 4.000 K to 6.500 K has an energizing and refreshing effect, similar to daylight, but also looks somewhat bluish or cold.