 AUSTIN, Texas, June 16, 2021 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- Ideal Power Inc. Nasdaq: IPWR, pioneering the development and commercialization of highly efficient and broadly patented B-TRANTM bi-directional power switches, is partnering with Diversified Technologies, Inc. DTI, under a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research SBIR grant from the Department of Energy DOE, to develop a B-TRANTM-driven low-loss 13.8 kV alternating current AC Solid State Circuit Breaker SSCB. The SSCB is intended to be used in medium voltage power distribution and renewable energy microgrid connection to the United States main power grid. 