Superconducting links for very high power transmission based on Mgb2 wires

With their high efficiency, compactness and reduced environmental impact, superconducting cables offer several technological advantages.

The absence of heat dissipation and the compact design offer a significant advantage for superconducting cables in areas with high ambient temperature, or when crossing busy urban districts, or within forested or pristine areas. In addition, their compact size and reduced footprint shows that one pair of high-power superconducting cables has the same transmission capacity as eight resistive cables.

This leads to a reduction of the footprint by a factor of 10 and expedites the permitting process.

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