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Prof. Mathias Noe and Dr. Markus Bauer published a paper about the application of superconductors in high-current cables in Physik unserer Zeit. You can download the paper here: Paper "Without Resistance"   Excerpt: Superconducting cables and wires are well developed and the first economic applications are foreseeable. One obstacle to widespread application is the still insufficient number of successful prototypes in long-term use. On top of that, there is a lack of knowledge about the many possible applications and the degree of maturity of the technology.

From June 26th to July 1st, the combined MEM (Mechanical and Electromagnetic properties of composite superconductors) and HTS4Fusion Conductor Workshop will be held at KIT in Karlsruhe, Germany. Further information can be found at the conference's website: https://www.itep.kit.edu/mem-hts4fusion2022/

We are excited to announce that our new FILAMENTS4FUSION project has been funded by the Eurostars commission and started in October 2021. The FILAMENTS4FUSION project aims to make an important impact on green energy production through development of high temperature superconductors with 3D filaments. These superconducting tapes will be tailored specifically for tokamak fusion magnets and alternating current applications, such as electrical power cables. This project thus aims to demonstrate high yield fabrication of high current carrying capacity superconductor tape with 3D filaments enabling minimal alternating current losses, and minimal mechanical hoop stress effects at high magnetic fields. Scalability and cost effectiveness is ensured by employing 3D-profile metal tapes from SUBRA in combination with THEVA’s unique inclined substrate deposition. “The combined excellent competences of this dedicated project team is key to obtain the main goal of this project - introducing a low cost, high performance and high yield superconductor technology to the market”; Anders C. Wulff, project manager and CEO of SUBRA A/S. The project started on October 1st 2021 and will run until June 2024. The project is a collaboration between four project partners: SUBRA A/S (Denmark, coordinator), THEVA (Germany), ETCH A/S (Denmark) and the Institute of Electrical Engineering of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (Slovak Republic).

The workshop "Coated Conductors for Applications (CCA)" focused on the development and application of coated conductors (C.C.) and was held as the first topical workshop in Göttingen, Germany in May 2000. Since then, the CCA has been held every two years and will celebrate its 21st anniversary in 2021. The conference will be held as a virtual event from October 11th-15th. THEVAs CEO, Dr. Werner Prusseit, will have an invited talk about "Latest Developments in Coated Conductors will Revolutionize Magnet Technology" Read more: https://virtual-cca2021.jp/