Impact
| Lower Total Lifetime Cost | 50% | |||
| Lowered CO2 Generation | 3-50% | |||
| Enables New Grid Demands |
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Innovation
New Materials
Advances in materials make cables1/10th size and 100% efficient Convergence of conductor improvements, cooling systems, and cable undergrounding equipment establish an awaited opportunity.
Cable Fabrication
We developed winding tooling from the ground up to handle fragile new materials and configurations supporting the AC grid.Patented technology automates cable winding for rapid, reliable output.
Global Need
World electricity consumption is predicted to double by 2040
Existing grid is at capacity and end of life
Renewable energy generation sources often require longer transmission distances
New regulations demand reduction in outages, visual impact, EMF, and defoliant chemicals
Existing grid is at capacity and end of life
Renewable energy generation sources often require longer transmission distances
New regulations demand reduction in outages, visual impact, EMF, and defoliant chemicals
Testimonials
Research reviewers and customers are excited
US Department of Energy
Grant Reviews
“The work opens the door for commercial HTS current lines in AC applications. The AC is very important as then no expensive AC/DC convertors are needed and a gradual stepping up of projects of increased current line length becomes feasible.” “The likelihood that in a HTS current lines become a standard widely used product on a 20 year time scale is very high given the changing power generation market with upcoming wind and solar farms.” “The size of the potential market within the DoE and DoD would be in the billions of dollars.”
US Department of Defense
Grant Reviews
“The single phase cable will have application to both AC and DC architectures. Developing a fully transposed HTS cable would have significant value to the superconducting cable/machine community.”
US National Science Foundation
Grant Reviews
“Evolutionary product development that addresses operational limitations of current SC power transmission cables.”
National Air and Space Administration
Aerospace Applications
“Technology is promising for enabling very high efficiency transmission of electrical power. It can be applied fairly broadly to NASA applications (particularly large transport electric aircraft) and non-NASA applications.”
Southern California Edison
Utility Grid Need
“We need advanced power solutions that only SCs provide. You build commercially ready SC transmission cables and we will buy.”