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Superpower: Hts Wire
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Lee said the superconducting wires produced by SuperPower can transmit three to five times as much electricity as conventional wires within cables of the same size. He said the technology may help the environment by creating efficiencies in transmission as well as end use products and ... reduce electricity demands. Lee said superconducting cables have the potential to free up valuable “duct space” by doing the work of multiple conventional power lines but only taking up about a fifth of their footprint. In cable-congested urban areas, this may allow other types of cables like fiber optics to be moved in.
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Along with its Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) partner, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), SuperPower has been selected to receive the 2007 R&D 100 Award for its 2G HTS wire. The award was for a High Performance LMO-enabled, High Temperature Superconducting Wire, as one of the 100 most technologically significant products introduced into the marketplace over the past year. This wire has the unique combination of strength, flexibility, fabricability, throughput, and low cost needed for power grid applications, including coils and motors.
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Lee said SuperPower has ... negotiated the right to package the new license agreement with other superconducting technologies DOE might patent in the future. Lee said superconducting wires have the potential to increase the efficiency of energy transmission lines by about 5 percent.
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SuperPower ... has been working with Waukesha Electric Systems, the largest domestic manufacturer of power transformers, on developing the 5/10 MVA HTS transformer. SuperPower completed winding the HTS coils at the end of calendar year 2001.
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