Italy leads the world with superconducting cable

Imagine a cable just a few centimetres wide, capable of carrying the energy produced by an entire power station — be it a utility-scale solar farm or a nuclear power plant.

- No energy loss.

- No wastage.

- Minimal excavation and civil engineering work, with even the possibility of reusing existing infrastructure for cable routing.

This is not science fiction. MgB₂ superconducting technology makes it possible to imagine — and achieve — exactly this. And it is what we are already testing and implementing across multiple projects.

We are not the only ones saying so. As reported by Il Sole 24 Ore, Nature confirms it: MgB₂ technology combined with liquid hydrogen can become the new frontier in energy transmission, offering a cost-competitive alternative to conventional solutions. And examples of superconducting cables delivering zero-loss energy transmission — without liquid hydrogen — already exist today.