PhD thesis defense
Last month, SCARLET’s Luhan Zu successfully defended his PhD thesis at the Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL). The thesis is entitled “Characterisation of electrical insulations impregnated by cryogenic fluids, particularly liquid hydrogen, for electricity transport using superconducting cables” and was supervised by Prof. Stéphane Holé from Sorbonne University. Both Luhan and Stéphane are very […]
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SCARLET at ZIEHL X
SCARLET’s Wolfgang Reiser from Vision Electric Superconductors is presenting the project at the ZIEHL meeting in Berlin today, exactly 40 years after the first paper announcing high-temperature superconductivity. Already at its tenth edition, ZIEHL is the main meeting for superconductivity applications in the German-speaking space, with increasing participation from the rest of Europe. This meeting […]
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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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SCARLET at Electrostatics 2025
SCARLET’s Luhan Zu presented his work on electrical insulation at cryogenic temperatures last week at the Electrostatics Conference in Bologna. His presentation was entitled “Influence of polypropylene content in PPLP for high voltage insulation at cryogenic temperature” and is part of a collaboration among ESPCI, Nexans and ASG Superconductors. This work explores how polypropylene ratios […]
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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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SCARLET at Jicable HVDC’25
Next week SCARLET will be featured at the Jicable HVDC’25 symposium taking place in Torino, Italy. University of Bologna’s Mattia Simonazzi will present his work on “Grid integration of high-power MVDC superconducting cables based on HTS and MgB2” in a special session aimed at young researchers, after his paper was accepted by the Jicable technical […]
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