Author: Scarlet
WP4 highlighted at cryogenic conference
At the recent ICEC30 / ICMC2026 in Daejeon, South Korea, liquid hydrogen emerged as one of the hottest topics throughout the conference. Matteo Tropeano’s presentation entitled “MgB2 Solutions for Power Cables and SMES in Energy Systems” attracted significant interest through its innovative approach of combining advanced cryogenic technologies with superconducting power transmission. Beyond SCARLET’s core […]
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New publication on system protection
Resistive superconducting fault current limiters (RSFCL) are a promising solution for the protection of medium- and high-voltage DC and AC power links. They are particularly needed if superconducting power cables are integrated into the DC grid to ease the design requirements of the electrical system. Within the SCARLET project, this solution is studied for the […]
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SCARLET video
Superconducting cables can transmit electricity with zero losses, use 90% less copper, and deliver gigawatt-level power in a much smaller footprint. This means they can help expand the grid faster, cheaper, and more sustainably. A new video showing how the partners in the SCARLET project are helping shape Europe’s electricity transmission was released this week. […]
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New leaflet on grid protection
A leaflet is now available on SuperGrid Institute’s resistive superconducting fault current limiter (RSFCL), which is a grid protection technology providing an ultra-fast passive response to prevent the propagation of high over-voltages in AC and DC networks. System protection also represents the focus of SCARLET’s WP5 and has seen a lot of progress recently, as […]
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2025 Project Meeting in Lisbon
This year’s SCARLET project meeting was very nicely organised by our Portuguese partner WavEC Offshore Renewables on 24-25 of June in Lisbon, Portugal. The status and latest updates of all the work packages were discussed in detail, along with organisation and planning for the next decisive months. As always, it was quite inspiring to see […]
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SCARLET at CCA 2025
SCARLET’s Antonio Morandi presented the project at the International Workshop on Coated Conductors for Applications (CCA 2025), which was hosted last month by CERN and the University of Geneva. His presentation was entitled “HTS power transmission (and distribution): status and prospects” and highlighted the last decade of progress on superconducting power cables. This included the […]
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Presentation at the WavEC Seminar 2024
This week the Scarlet project was presented at the WavEC Seminar 2024, focussed on Portuguese-Norwegian cooperation on offshore wind: “Portugal and Norway: Fostering Offshore Wind Supply Chain Development”, and organised in partnership with the Embassy of Norway in Portugal, Innovation Norway, and Norwegian Offshore Wind. SCARLET coordinator Marte Gammelsæter was part of the session on […]
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2024 Project Meeting in Lyon
This year’s SCARLET project meeting was skillfully organised by our partner the SuperGrid Institute on 17-18 of September in Lyon, France. Apart from the latest project updates and planning for the next months, we also enjoyed a tour of the institute’s state-of-the-art labs and high power source test platform – the first of its kind […]
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SCARLET in Rivista Platinum
SCARLET’s Antonio Morandi from the University of Bologna described the project background, aims and highlights for the Italian magazine Rivista Platinum “Aziende & Protagonisti”. Special attention was given to the hydrogen-cooled superconducting cable, which is led by the Italian partner ASG Superconductors with active involvement from Morandi’s group. The challenges of safely integrating this innovative […]
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SCARLET at the Week of the Environment
SCARLET’s Adela Marian was part of a high-level panel organised by ivSupra during the Woche der Umwelt (Week of the Environment) at Schloss Bellevue, the official residence of the German President. The benefits and challenges of superconducting cables for energy transmission were discussed in a lively round with Nobel Prize Laureate Georg Bednorz, Peter Michalek […]
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