Superconducting cables
Ambitious research objectives
Ambitious research objectives
On September 28 and 29, the partners gathered at Research Institute For Sustainability in Potsdam for the project kick-off meeting.
Throughout this first meeting, the participants planned the project’s tasks and developments in detail. They examined the full range of effects of superconducting cables, as their properties pave the way for cost savings beyond the cables themselves. For example, the high current-carrying capacity of the cables means that voltage levels can be reduced, leading to smaller and much less expensive equipment in offshore wind farms. Another novelty to be developed is the transport of electricity and hydrogen in the same pipeline.
These ambitious goals call for intensive research over the coming years on the part of industrial partners Absolut System, ASG Superconductors, Nexans, RINA Consulting, SuperGrid Institute, SuperNode and Vision Electric Super Conductors, as well as research institutes and universities ESPCI, RIFS Potsdam, RSE, SINTEF, IEE Slovak Academy of Sciences, University of Bologna and WavEC.
Ambitious research
objectives
objectives
On September 28 and 29 2022, the partners gathered at Research Institute For Sustainability in Potsdam for the project kick-off meeting.
Throughout this first meeting, the participants planned the project’s tasks and developments in detail. They examined the full range of effects of superconducting cables, as their properties pave the way for cost savings beyond the cables themselves. For example, the high current-carrying capacity of the cables means that voltage levels can be reduced, leading to smaller and much less expensive equipment in offshore wind farms. Another novelty to be developed is the transport of electricity and hydrogen in the same pipeline.
These ambitious goals call for intensive research over the coming years on the part of industrial partners Absolut System, ASG Superconductors, Nexans, RINA Consulting, SuperGrid Institute, SuperNode and Vision Electric Super Conductors, as well as research institutes and universities ESPCI, RIFS Potsdam, RSE, SINTEF, IEE Slovak Academy of Sciences, University of Bologna and WavEC.
Towards an international standard
Towards an international standard
The SCARLET project builds on previous work by RIFS Potsdam and its European partners on high-power superconducting links,” explains RIFS Potsdam researcher Adela Marian:
“The focus will be on standardization activities, ensuring that the testing experience gained from the project will be used to establish an international standard for high-power superconducting cables.”
The recommendations will be forwarded to the IEC, the international organization that draws up and publishes standards for all electrical technologies.
Beyond this project, Absolut System offers cryogenic solutions for the energy transition and the decarbonization of energies, notably through research projects on nuclear fusion and liquid hydrogen.