R&D NESTER PARTICIPATES IN AN INDUSTRY-ACADEMIA WORKSHOP ON HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY FOR ENERGY TRANSITION
R&D Nester was present in the final event of the Industry-Academia Workshop from project Hi-SCALE (High-Temperature Superconductivity for Accelerating Energy Transition) held in UNINOVA's Campus in Caparica, Portugal.
High-temperature superconducting (HTS) materials, able to enter superconductivity above the temperature of (cheap) liquid nitrogen, make possible more compact, efficient, and even disruptive technologies that can be integrated into all the links of the electrical energy chain, from generation to transmission and distribution, use and energy storage, enabling its decarbonisation.
Project
Hi-SCALE addresses the obstacles preventing the widespread use of HTS in the
electrical system, such as financial concerns, doubts about the dependability
of cryogenics, and the notion that only highly qualified individuals will be
able to use the latter. Additional reasons include a lack of systematic
understanding of the development of HTS systems for the grid and the
application of common software packages to simulate their operation.
R&D Nester brought the topic of the Energy Transition from the Transmission Networks' perspective. Current and future challenges of transmission systems were presented and discussed, especially the ones that could be addressed by HTS technologies, such as the reduction of electrical losses, compaction of power and transmission equipment due to higher energy density, potential for higher efficiency on HVDC transmission and lower environmental impact.
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