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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 contributes to new Roadmap
A comprehensive Roadmap on superconducting high-power cables and lines was recently published in the journal Superconductor Science and Technology, encompassing 19 chapters that provide the current development status. As this technology is rapidly moving into practical deployment, important applications were developed for electric grids, data centres, aviation and high-current industry bus bars. The Roadmap summarizes […]
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SCARLET in EEI Magazine
SCARLET was featured in the Winter issue of the European Energy Innovation Magazine. The one-page article highlighted the main technological innovations developed in the project as well as key results achieved so far. It was featured in both the print and digital editions of the magazine and on the website. The European Energy Innovation Magazine […]
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IEEE Award for Christophe Creusot
SCARLET’s Christophe Creusot won the “Engineer of the Year” award from the IEEE Power and Energy Society France Chapter. This award specifically recognises Christophe’s work on high-voltage resistive superconducting fault current limiters (RSFCL) – work which led to a world first in 2024: limiting and eventually interrupting a prospective current of 43 kA under 50kV […]
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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 Blog featuring SCARLET
A new blog entitled “How can we solve the power grid’s major land-use challenge?” was recently authored by SCARLET coordinator Marte Gammelsæter and published on the SINTEF website. The blog presents the challenges brought by the rapid increase in renewable energy and the grid expansion that comes along with it. It then highlights superconducting cables […]
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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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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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World first achieved by SuperGrid Institute
SCARLET’s Christophe Creusot and his colleagues at SuperGrid Institute recently achieved a world first for applied superconductivity: 50 kV DC breaking using a superconducting fault current limiter in combination with a circuit breaker. The current was limited from 43 kAp to 5.5 kA, namely by 87% compared with the prospective current, and the DC circuit […]
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New SCARLET article
At the start of the new year, a new SCARLET article was published: entitled “Comparative Analysis of MgB2 Cable Layouts for 1 GW Superconducting Transmission – Insights From the SCARLET Project“, this scientific paper appeared in the journal IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, after having been presented at the Applied Superconductivity Conference last September. The […]
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