Navitas & Virtual Forest Join Hands to Advance Net-Zero in Agriculture
Navitas & Virtual Forest Join Hands to Advance Net-Zero in Agriculture
Navitas' GaN technology drives Virtual Forest's solar-powered irrigation pumps, ensuring food security and empowering Indian farmers struggling with long-distance electrical cables or costly, polluting diesel generators
Navitas的氮化镓技术推动了Virtual Forest的太阳能灌溉泵，确保了粮食安全，并为在长途电缆或昂贵、污染严重的柴油发电机上苦苦挣扎的印度农民赋能
INDIA – April 18th, 2024, Navitas Semiconductor, the only pure-play, next-generation power semiconductor company and industry leader in GaN power ICs and SiC technology, today announced that Virtual Forest one of India's leading electronics design companies specializing in motor control and human interface technologies for consumer appliances, fluid movement and mobility, has adopted its GaNFast power integrated circuits (IC) technology for a zero-emission, powerful 3 hp (2,250W) solar-powered irrigation pump.
For many farmers worldwide, irrigating remote crops requires powerful pumps to lift water from rivers and streams up to field-level, with the majority powered by polluting and noisy diesel generators or expensive, lossy long-distance electrical cables. The Virtual Forest solar pump with maximum power point tracking (MPPT) operates in conjunction with solar panel and energy storage to provide robust, energy-independent and pollution-free performance at the point of use. The 3 hp (2,250W) pump is remotely accessed via quad-band IoT with low power consumption. It can raise over 50 gallons-per-minute of water to a height of over 90 feet, enough to water 3 acres of farmland, and help to produce 10 tonnes of wheat. Further, the IoT enabled solar pump ensures optimal water usage through intelligent analytics, therefore minimizing ground water utilization.
对于全球许多农民来说，灌溉偏远农作物需要强大的水泵才能将河流中的水输送到田间水平，其中大多数由污染性大、噪音大的柴油发电机或昂贵、有损的长途电缆提供动力。具有最大功率点跟踪 (MPPT) 功能的虚拟森林太阳能泵与太阳能电池板和储能系统配合使用，可在使用时提供坚固、能源独立和无污染的性能。3 马力（2,250W）泵可通过四频段物联网进行远程访问，功耗低。它可以将每分钟超过50加仑的水筹集到90英尺以上的高度，足以浇水 3 英亩的农田，并帮助生产 10 吨小麦。 此外，支持物联网的太阳能泵通过智能分析确保最佳用水量，从而最大限度地减少地下水利用率。
Navitas GaNSense half-bridge power ICs monolithically by integrating two GaN power FETs with GaN drivers, level-shifters, protection features and high-efficiency loss-less current sensing. High-efficiency NV6269 half-bridge ICs, in easy-to-use 8×10 mm QFN packages are used in a 3-phase motor inverter, with 3x-5x energy savings vs legacy silicon IGBTs.
纳维塔斯 GaNsense 半桥 通过将两个 GaN 功率 FET 与 GaN 驱动器、电平转换器、保护功能和高效无损耗电流检测相集成，单片为 IC 供电。采用易于使用的 8×10 mm QFN 封装的高效 NV6269 半桥 IC 用于三相电机逆变器，与传统硅 IGBT 相比，节能 3 至 5 倍。
"The $450 million solar-pump market in India is expected to reach $1.5 Bn by 2026, calling for a solar revolution on Indian fields[1]," said Virtual Forest's CEO, Omer Basith, adding "Reliable, off-grid systems are critical to overcome food insecurity and achieve energy efficiency. Leveraging Navitas' high-power, efficient GaNSense half-bridge, we seek to deliver a robust solution to the market. We are nurturing our dream to drive gigatons of reduction in carbon emissions, thereby making the world a greener place to live in. Hence, our name — Virtual Forest."
“到2026年，印度4.5亿美元的太阳能泵市场预计将达到15亿美元，这要求印度油田发生太阳能革命[1]，” 虚拟森林首席执行官奥马尔·巴西斯说，并补充说：“可靠的离网系统对于克服粮食不安全和实现能源效率至关重要。利用 Navitas 的高功率、高效的 GaNsense 半桥，我们寻求向市场提供强大的解决方案。我们正在培育我们的梦想，即推动数十亿吨的碳减排，从而使世界成为一个更绿色的生活场所。因此，我们的名字——虚拟森林。”
"The design team at Virtual Forest adopted the GaNSense half-bridges very quickly, for a fast time-to-market," said Alessandro Squeri, Navitas' Senior Sales Director. "With GaNSense, 'easy-to-use feature, Virtual Forest comes into the partnership with high efficiency, low component count and a robust design for tough environments."
Navitas高级销售总监亚历山德罗·斯奎里说：“虚拟森林的设计团队很快就采用了GaNsense半桥，从而缩短了上市时间。”“借助易于使用的GanSense功能，Virtual Forest建立了合作关系，效率高，组件数量少，设计坚固，适用于恶劣环境。”
About Virtual Forest
关于虚拟森林
As India's leading experts in Motor Control Electronics & Human Interface Technologies, we are powering the Home Appliance and EV ecosystems through our integrated partner platform, which includes state-of-art in-house R&D (for design, testing & integration), world-class manufacturers (EMS partners), as well as leading global distributors of semiconductors, PCBs and electronic components. For more details, please visit www virtual forest.in.
作为印度电机控制电子和人机接口技术领域的领先专家，我们正在通过我们的综合合作伙伴平台为家用电器和电动汽车生态系统提供动力，该平台包括最先进的内部研发（用于设计、测试和集成）、世界一流的制造商（EMS合作伙伴）以及全球领先的半导体、印刷电路板和电子元件分销商。欲了解更多详情，请访问 www 虚拟森林。
We are passionate entrepreneurs – nurturing the dream to drive gigaton reductions in carbon emissions, while also creating significant stakeholder value as a business enterprise. We give our customers a unique design and manufacturing experience, by hand holding them in the absence of design requirements as well as in-house domain expertise, and help them walk the journey from R&D all the way to mass manufacturing. We offer these services as part of our Virtual Lab & Virtual Factory offerings.
我们是充满激情的企业家，他们培育了推动千兆吨碳排放减少的梦想，同时也为商业企业创造了可观的利益相关者价值。我们通过在没有设计要求和内部领域专业知识的情况下亲手为客户提供独特的设计和制造体验，并帮助他们走上从研发到批量制造的旅程。我们将这些服务作为虚拟实验室和虚拟工厂产品的一部分提供。
About Navitas
关于 Navitas
Navitas Semiconductor (Nasdaq: NVTS) is the only pure-play, next-generation power-semiconductor company, celebrating 10 years of power innovation founded in 2024. GaNFast power ICs integrate gallium nitride (GaN) power and drive, with control, sensing, and protection to enable faster charging, higher power density, and greater energy savings. Complementary GeneSiC power devices are optimized high-power, high-voltage, and high-reliability silicon carbide (SiC) solutions. Focus markets include EV, solar, energy storage, home appliance / industrial, data center, mobile and consumer. Over 250 Navitas patents are issued or pending. As of August 2023, over 125 million GaN and 12 million SiC units have been shipped, and with the industry's first and only 20-year GaNFast warranty. Navitas was the world's first semiconductor company to be CarbonNeutral-certified.
纳维塔斯半导体 （纳斯达克股票代码：NVTS）是唯一一家纯粹的下一代功率半导体公司，正在庆祝 10 年了 of power innovation 成立于 2024 年 GaNfast 功率 I 将氮化镓 (GaN) 电源和驱动器与控制、感应和保护相结合，以实现更快的充电、更高的功率密度和更高的能量节约。互补 geneSic 功 设备是经过优化的高功率、高电压和高可靠性的碳化硅 (SiC) 解决方案。重点市场包括电动汽车、太阳能、储能、家用电器/工业、数据中心、移动设备和消费品。超过 250 项 Navitas 专利已颁发或正在申请中。截至2023年8月，已经出货了超过1.25亿个氮化镓和1200万个碳化硅单元，这是业界第一个，也是唯一一个 20 年 GanFast 质保。Navitas 是世界上第一家成为的半导体公司 碳中和认证。
Navitas Semiconductor, GaNFast, GaNSense, GeneSiC and the Navitas logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Navitas Semiconductor Limited and affiliates. All other brands, product names and marks are or may be trademarks or registered trademarks used to identify products or services of their respective owners.
Navitas Semiconductor、GanFast、GanSense、GenSic 和 Navitas 徽标是纳维塔斯半导体有限公司及其附属公司的商标或注册商标。所有其他品牌、产品名称和标志是或可能是商标或注册商标，用于识别其各自所有者的产品或服务。
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Kaushik Kashyap, Head of South India, On Purpose, for Virtual Forest
Kaushik Kashyap，南印度负责人 On Purpose，负责虚拟森林
Stephen Oliver, VP Corporate Marketing & Investor Relations for Navitas
斯蒂芬·奥利弗，Navitas企业营销和投资者关系副总裁
[1] https://agritimes.co.in/amp/policy-research/solar-pump-market-in-india-bright-prospects-and-government-initiatives/#