Editor’s note: Superconducting generators and motors are some ways off, maybe a decade. But wire with the quality of superconduction might be closer and more useful, hence the significance of this report. A University of Houston engineering researcher and his team have received $900,000 in additional funding from the DOE for a wind-energy project that…
Interactive e-catalog for wire and cable
A manufacturer of wire and cable has a collection of interactive e-catalogs. General Cable says its catalog allows staying up-to-date on its products and services. It will also assist the company in its effort to reduce paper usage.
Superconducting wire could solve some grid growth problems
Amperium wire is a second generation high-temperature superconductor wire. Previously called “344 superconductors,” the new name is intended to reflect the product’s ability to conduct more than 100 times the electrical current of copper wire of the same dimensions. For perspective, in high-voltage power transmission systems, just one of these ultra-thin wires can carry enough…