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New Superconducting Materials Improve the Efficiency and Reliability of Grids and Systems For the first time, a superconducting current limiter based on YBCO strip conductors has now been installed at a power plant. At the Boxberg power plant of Vattenfall, the current limiter protects the grid for own consumption that is designed for 12 000 volts and 800 amperes against damage due to short circuits and voltage peaks. The new technology co-developed by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and...

Bubbles are blocking the current path of one of the most promising high temperature superconducting materials, new research suggests.In a study published today, Monday, 16 may, in IOP Publishing's journal Superconductor Science and Technology, researchers have examined bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide (Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox, Bi2212) "“ one of the most promising superconducting materials capable of creating large magnetic fields way beyond the limit of existing magnets "“ and found that its...